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Access to medicines and treatment
Uganda still behind on ARV target

Uganda continues to fall short of achieving its goal of ensuring that 80 percent of people living with HIV receive antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) by 2015, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC).

Published
08 January 2013
From
IRIN Plus News
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Gilead Provides Update on Hepatitis C Development Programs

Sustained Virologic Response Achieved with Oral Regimen of Sofosbuvir, GS-5885 and Ribavirin in 9/9 Null Responder Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients; Second Phase 3 Study Evaluating Fixed-dose Combination of Sofosbuvir and GS-5885 to Begin Later this Month.

Published
08 January 2013
From
Gilead press release
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Achillion Reports Interim Results on ACH-3102

Enrollment completed in pilot Phase 2a study of ACH-3102 and ribavirin for genotype 1b CC patients; up to 12 weeks of once daily ACH-3102 appears safe and well tolerated with no on-treatment virologic breakthrough observed to date.

Published
08 January 2013
From
Achillion press release
Access to medicines and treatment
Indonesia: HIV treatment available only in high-prevalence areas

“Access to antiretroviral treatment is improving, but coverage remains focused on areas with high HIV infection rates such as East Java, Jakarta, Papua and West Java,” an AIDS activist told The Jakarta Post.

Published
04 January 2013
From
Jakarta Post
Policy
Civil Society follow up on the crisis - Brazilian AIDS Response

We want to thank the entire regional and international HIV/AIDS community for the support given to the Brazilian AIDS movement in relation to our last appeal concerning the shifts in funding being proposed by the Ministry of Health.

Published
03 January 2013
From
Sexuality Policy Watch
Access to medicines and treatment
Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement Raises Alarm for People With AIDS

Days before leaders of the European Union (EU) arrived in Norway to collect this year’s Nobel Peace prize, Thai public health activists sent a letter to the northern powerhouse, warning that the EU’s 2012 accolades face a credibility test in this Southeast Asian country.

Published
03 January 2013
From
Inter Press Service
Activism
AIDS Activist Spencer Cox Dies of AIDS-related Causes

Spencer Cox, a leading AIDS activist who played a key role in the development of effective antiretroviral therapy, died of AIDS-related causes at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City last Tuesday, December 18. He was 44.

Published
03 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
HIV treatment
Top 12 HIV and Hepatitis Stories of 2012

HIVandHepatitis.com reviews some the year's major HIV and viral hepatitis news highlights. On the HIV front, U.S. treatment guidelines recommended antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV positive people, Truvada was approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and HIV criminalization and cure research were highlighted at the International AIDS Conference in July. Promising findings were reported for several interferon-free oral regimens for hepatitis C, experimental tuberculosis (TB) drugs showed good results, and the Affordable Care Act remained on track.

Published
03 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
HIV treatment
Copy of Top 12 HIV and Hepatitis Stories of 2012

HIVandHepatitis.com reviews some the year's major HIV and viral hepatitis news highlights. On the HIV front, U.S. treatment guidelines recommended antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV positive people, Truvada was approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and HIV criminalization and cure research were highlighted at the International AIDS Conference in July. Promising findings were reported for several interferon-free oral regimens for hepatitis C, experimental tuberculosis (TB) drugs showed good results, and the Affordable Care Act remained on track.

Published
03 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Recreational drug use
The Private War That Killed Spencer Cox

When Spencer Cox died on December 18, 2012, in New York City, the official cause of death was AIDS-related complications, which is understandable if post-traumatic stress, despair and drug addiction are complications related to AIDS. Spencer believed that this connection exists.

Published
03 January 2013
From
My Fabulous Disease
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