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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

Treatment guidelines

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Include Stronger Recommendation for Acute Infection

Among the key changes are additional information about the most recently approved antiretroviral agents and a recommendation that newly infected people with HIV should be offered combination ART. The guidelines continue to recommend treatment for all people with HIV, both to reduce the risk of disease progressionand for the prevention of HIV transmission.

Published: 15 February 2013
From: HIVandHepatitis.com