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Tuberculosis and HIV
UNITAID and TB Alliance call for more action against childhood tuberculosis

In spite of an estimated 500,000 new annual cases of children with tuberculosis (TB), there are no appropriate medicines for them, UNITAID and the TB Alliance warn.

Published
20 March 2013
From
UNITAID
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
HIV treatment in children
Achieving an AIDS-free generation: Don't forget children living with HIV

Since 2005, the number of children living with HIV receiving lifesaving treatment has quadrupled. But still, only 28 percent of the nearly two million children in need of lifelong HIV treatment are getting it.

Published
10 December 2012
From
The Hill
HIV in children
Atherosclerosis Found in HIV Children

Children with HIV have a 2.5 fold increased risk of atherosclerosis, according to research presented at EUROECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012.

Published
06 December 2012
From
Science Daily (press release)
Tuberculosis and HIV
Children with TB – Global interest at last

At last, tackling tuberculosis (TB) in children is on the international agenda. This year, for the first time, an estimate of the extent of TB in children was included in the Global Tuberculosis Report.

Published
28 November 2012
From
PLoS Blogs (blog)
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
HIV treatment in children
Early antiretroviral therapy improves neurodevelopment in HIV-positive infants

Starting antiretroviral therapy soon after birth improves neurodevelopment in HIV-positive infants, South African investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. The development observed in children who

Published
11 July 2012
By
Michael Carter
Child developmental issues
Children exposed to HIV in the womb at increased risk for hearing loss

Children exposed to HIV in the womb may be more likely to experience hearing loss by age 16 than are their unexposed peers, according to scientists in a National Institutes of Health research network.

Published
21 June 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Immunisations
Booster dose of measles vaccine achieves high levels of protection for children taking effective HIV treatment

A booster dose of the measles vaccine produces protective antibody responses and immunologic memory in children receiving HIV therapy, US investigators report in the online edition of

Published
21 June 2012
By
Michael Carter
HIV in children
HIV prevalence beginning to fall in South African children

HIV prevalence fell sharply among children admitted to one of South Africa’s largest hospitals in 2009 and 2010, but remained high at 19.3%, researchers from Chris Hani

Published
29 May 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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