The European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today (10 June) pledged to pool resources for research into HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, malaria and other poverty-related diseases.
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Euractiv
A better understanding of current transmission of HIV is important to direct HIV prevention interventions. ECDC has launched a report describing studies on HIV incidence estimates in European countries. The report contains the results of a literature review of published incidence studies using Recent Infection Testing Algorithms (RITA) assays, an epidemiological framework for HIV incidence studies in Europe and a technical guide on how to integrate RITA as part of routine HIV surveillance.
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- 11 June 2013
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ECDC
Significant changes from the 2002 version include: more details on nonclinical development of antiretroviral drugs; a greater emphasis on recommended trial designs for HIV-1-infected heavily treatment-experienced patients (those with multiple-drug resistant virus and few remaining therapeutic options); use of a primary endpoint evaluating early virologic changes for studies in heavily treatment-experienced patients; and use of the traditional approval pathway for initial approval of new antiretrovirals with primary analysis time points dependent on the indication sought.
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- 11 June 2013
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US Food and Drug Administration
A new report shows that significant advances have been made worldwide against inappropriate criminal laws and prosecutions for HIV nondisclosure, according to a statement by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and the HIV Justice Network, which coauthored the report.
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- 10 June 2013
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Poz magazine news
During the XIX International AIDS Conference last year, Paul Semugoma, MD, gave a passionate speech on behalf of both LGBT and HIV-positive people. Coming out as gay during the speech made it even more memorable. As a private physician in Kampala, he specialized in researching HIV/AIDS among vulnerable communities in Uganda, including LGBTs. He shares why he came out, the aftermath of his speech and his hope for change.
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- 07 June 2013
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UNITAID welcomes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) approval for the first time of a non-surgical adult male circumcision device that can be used to help the prevention of HIV transmission, but warns that more market competition is needed to make these easy-to-produce tools affordable for supply to the world’s poorest.
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- 07 June 2013
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UNITAID press release
The U.S., India and other nations are facing shortages of tuberculosis drugs—threatening to reverse decades of progress against a deadly disease that is becoming increasingly untreatable.
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- 06 June 2013
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Wall Street Journal
Taking responsibility for the wellbeing of communities will allow local government to influence policy decisions affecting mainstream public health issues such as tobacco and obesity, but public health teams could become estranged from clinical areas such as sexual health and infection control.
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- 06 June 2013
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The Guardian
The number of HIV-infected people in India’s Dakshina Kannada (DK) district who visit antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment centers has increased by 35 percent since January, when the Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society began reimbursing patients for travel to the centers.
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- 06 June 2013
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CDC National Prevention Information Network
Experts are concerned that consistent budget cuts in PEPFAR funding could make reaching the goal of an HIV-free generation difficult, if not impossible.
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IRIN Plus News
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