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Palliative care
Pain and worry common problems for people with HIV receiving palliative care in Africa

People with HIV receiving palliative care have high levels of physical and psychological problems, according to the results of a study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and published

Published
02 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Delivery of care
Cultural Competence and its Impact on HIV Disparity

Is cultural competency a key component of reducing HIV disparity within racial and ethnic minority communities?

Published
26 September 2012
From
AETC
Adherence
Global evidence of lower adherence to ARVs after giving birth

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence levels among pregnant women with HIV, in both high- and low-income countries, during pregnancy and especially after giving birth are significantly below what is

Published
25 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Health services and systems
Universal health coverage still rare in Africa

Six years after the World Health Assembly urged African nations to abandon health care user fees, which were driving people into poverty, in favour of some manner of national health insurance schemes, only two nations are providing universal coverage for at least a majority of their residents.

Published
24 September 2012
From
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Diagnosing children
False-negative confirmatory HIV tests in children are frequent after starting ART

False-negative rapid antibody tests, in the absence of virologic testing at the age of 18 months, in children receiving antiretroviral treatment can result in interruption of treatment, and

Published
19 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Diagnosing children
Symptom screen frequently misses HIV in children and delays treatment, Kenyan study shows

Clinical diagnosis of HIV infection in infants performed poorly and resulted in delayed diagnosis when compared to virologic testing,  a prospective cohort study conducted in Kenya has

Published
13 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
UK health services
Department of Health: separate sexual health services could make some HIV services unviable

The Department of Health has acknowledged that due to new commissioning and contractual arrangements in England, some NHS trusts “may no longer find it viable to continue

Published
11 September 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Cardiovascular disease
HIV-positive people have heart attacks younger but receive later care

People with HIV had heart attacks at a younger age than HIV-negative individuals and were about 50% more likely to die after an acute myocardial infarction, according

Published
10 September 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
Adherence
Drug Adherence And Treatment Improved By Specialized HIV Community Pharmacies

Community pharmacies with specially trained staff to provide HIV services can help HIV-infected individuals be more compliant with their essential antiviral drug regimens and hence improve patient outcomes. Users of HIV-specialized Walgreen pharmacies across the U.S. had significantly greater adherence to and persistence with their therapeutic drug regimens, according to a study published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs,

Published
16 August 2012
From
Medical News Today
Access to medicines and treatment
Groups to Global Fund, PEPFAR: Support switch from toxic treatment

The global health advocacy organisation HealthGAP and the two largest civil society organisations for people affected by HIV in Malawi have asked the country's government, the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria, and PEPFAR to find a way to stop using the drug d4T (stavudine) in the HIV combination therapy it provides. Stavudine is far cheaper than its alternative, tenofovir, but causes severe and sigmatising side effects that have led to its being dropped in richer countries.

Published
16 August 2012
From
Science Spreaks
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