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Opportunistic infections
Continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART reduces the risk of hospitalisation

Children on ART for more than two years who continued taking daily cotrimoxazole had significantly fewer hospitalisations for malaria as well as for non-malarial infections (notably pneumonia, sepsis

Published
06 March 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Small risk of neurological birth defects due to efavirenz confirmed in French cohort

A large French study has found an elevated risk of some birth defects in children born to women exposed to some antiretroviral drugs during the first trimester

Published
06 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
HIV treatment for children is safe and highly effective without laboratory monitoring in large African trial

Children did just as well on antiretroviral therapy without routine laboratory monitoring of CD4 cell counts or drug side-effects as those who received regular monitoring during four

Published
05 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Is the HIV 'functional cure' the breakthrough it seems?

There is already a way of preventing mother to child infections using drugs – which is far better than a functional cure using similar drugs. The excitement of the Mississippi case is in what it tells scientists trying to figure out how to cure HIV. Any practical applications are a long way further down the line.

Published
05 March 2013
From
The Guardian
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Strategy To Prevent HIV In Newborns Sparks Enthusiasm And Skepticism

There's great enthusiasm among some global health leaders about a bold – some say radical — strategy to prevent pregnant women from transmitting HIV to their newborns. But skeptics worry that the approach, dubbed Option B+, will pit pregnant women with HIV against others infected with the virus, diverting resources from the broader struggle against the pandemic.

Published
04 March 2013
From
NPR
The search for a cure
Case report of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child

Researchers in the United States say that they have identified a case of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child infected with HIV who began antiretroviral treatment

Published
03 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Program to Cut HIV Transfer to Babies Gets High Marks

The African nation of Malawi is getting an A+ for its aggressive approach to preventing HIV transmission from mothers to babies.

Published
02 March 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Combatting stigma
Prince Harry Visits Schoolchildren in Lesotho, Speaks Out in Fight Against HIV

"Talking about HIV and understanding it isn't dangerous," Harry said at the Johannesburg dinner. "Denying it, or not knowing about it, definitely is. Our aim and hope is that we can influence a decline in the transmission of HIV and increase life expectancy, in a unique way for Lesotho: by addressing the psychological and social needs of the next generation, which is so important.”

Published
28 February 2013
From
Yahoo! News (blog)
GlaxoSmithKline unit joins patent pool for AIDS drugs

GlaxoSmithKline's HIV/AIDS drugs business is to share intellectual property rights on children's medicine in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available in poor countries. ViiV and the patent pool have also agreed to negotiate further licenses that will allow generics firms to manufacture low-cost versions of an experimental drug, dolutegravir, that is currently awaiting regulatory approval in Western markets.

Published
27 February 2013
From
Reuters
Conception
Updated NICE guidelines revise treatment recommendations for people with fertility problems

The guidelines include recommendations for couples with HIV. They are essentially unchanged from the consultation version, stating that sperm washing may no longer be necessary for couples where the man has HIV and the woman does not. As long as the man is on effective antiretroviral treatment and unprotected sex is limited to days when his partner is ovulating, “sperm washing may not further reduce the risk of infection.” However the guidance does not support the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by the HIV-negative partner.

Published
20 February 2013
From
NICE press release
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