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Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

The Safe Injection Practices Coalition, a group of healthcare-related organizations including the CDC indicated since 2001, more than 150,000 patients in the U.S. were told they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus because providers followed unsafe injection procedures.

Published
12 March 2013
From
UPI.com
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
The Shifting Sands of HIV Risk in the US Today: Falling in Women, Rising in Young MSM

I have come to recognize the situation of HIV risk among young black MSM in the United States as not unlike the heterosexual spread of HIV infection among young women in Africa, in which girls 13-16 years of age acquire HIV infection from older, male partners.

Published
12 March 2013
From
Clinical Care Options
Testing policies and guidelines
West Virginia Advances Bill to Charge for HIV Testing

With pressure from lessening federal funds driving their actions, the West Virginia Senate pushed forward a bill on March 7 that would allow local health departments to charge individuals fees for STD testing.

Published
12 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
Resistance
Wide US Study Finds 16% With Newly Diagnosed HIV Carry Resistant Virus

Just over 16% of US residents newly diagnosed with HIV infection in 10 metropolitan areas or states carried antiretroviral-resistant virus, according to a CDC study spanning the years 2007 to 2010.

Published
11 March 2013
From
NATAP
Delivery of care
HIV Care In Resource-Limited Setting Significantly Improved By Computerized Reminders

A large randomized controlled study is among the first to rigorously demonstrate that health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries.

Published
11 March 2013
From
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
England: lack of planning for hepatitis C services risks future chaos and huge healthcare costs

New report finds that local authorities and NHS organisations need to prioritise hepatitis C now or risk missing a rare opportunity.

Published
11 March 2013
From
Hepatitis C Trust press release
Pharmaceutical industry
Pfizer stops developing hepatitis C drug

Pfizer Inc. has stopped development of an experimental hepatitis C drug, bowing out of a hotly contested industry race to introduce the next generation of treatments for the infectious liver disease.

Published
10 March 2013
From
EATG
Epidemiology
Aids most prevalent cause of early deaths in South Africa

Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Mail & Guardian
Health services and systems
Has HIV funding revived lagging health systems?

The HIV/AIDS epidemic arrived in sub-Saharan Africa after decades of neglect had left healthcare systems dangerously weak, barely able to cope with the onslaught of patients. Then the money started pouring in. But the jury is still out on whether the large sums of AIDS funding have made healthcare systems more resilient.

Published
08 March 2013
From
IRIN
Changing treatment
Second-line NRTI-sparing regimen proves equally effective for resource-limited settings

A second-line antiretroviral regimen of lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra/Aluvia) and raltegravir (Isentress) proved just as effective as a regimen containing lopinavir/ritonavir and two or three nucleoside or nucleotide analogues

Published
07 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
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