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Activism
Honouring Shivananda Duncan George Khan OBE

APCOM, one on the many organisations he helped to found, honours pioneering HIV and MSM activist Shivananda Khan, who died on 20 May.

Published
21 May 2013
From
APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health)
PrEP
Majority of Italian HIV specialists would prescribe PrEP

Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people in their care who ask for it, at least

Published
21 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Access to medicines and treatment
U.S. Pushing To End Cheap Drugs For Poorest Nations

The Obama administration is seeking to curb efforts to exempt the world's poorest countries from expansive trade rules that would substantially increase the price of life-saving medicine and other products.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
Hepatitis C treatment
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Threaten to Leave Some Parts of the World Behind

A scenario may develop where hepatitis C is largely eradicated from the developing world but exits in large pockets in developing countries.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Finance and funding
Africa: Global Fund Joins New Innovative Financing Partnership

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria agreed to participate in a new partnership to leverage private sector funding to speed delivery and expand access to health supplies such as contraceptives, bed nets, and medicines.

Published
21 May 2013
From
AllAfrica
Global health initiatives
After a decade of success, global AIDS program looks to the future

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Washington Post
Epidemiology
HIV epidemiology in London: 2011 data

New publication: In 2011 there were over 2,600 new HIV diagnoses made in London clinics. Despite a decline in new HIV diagnoses since 2004, which may reflect changing patterns in migration, the number of new HIV diagnoses reported in 2011 was 11% higher than in 2000.

Published
20 May 2013
From
Public Health England
Retention and linkage to care
Case workers can re-engage a high proportion of HIV-positive people lost to long-term care

Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition

Published
20 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
Access to medicines in Europe: The EU cannot save banks while sacrificing people’s health

Austerity policies are having a profound impact on the ability of many European public health systems to provide many of the necessary biomedical products for their citizens and residents.

Published
20 May 2013
From
European Public Health Association
Access to medicines and treatment
Citizens in poor EU states can't afford medicines, health promoters say

One of the global financial crisis' consequences has been the lack of access to treatment for millions of Europeans. According to health promoters, alternative solutions to the problem may be the way forward.

Published
20 May 2013
From
Euractiv
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