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HIV Transmission Risk Essentially 0 if Heterosexual Partner Has Undetectable Viral Load

A multistudy review of HIV-discordant heterosexual couples estimated an HIV transmission rate of 0.0 to 0.14 per 100 person-years when the positive partner has an undetectable viral load thanks to antiretroviral therapy.

Published
17 January 2013
From
NATAP
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
HIV prevention: new pilots for beleaguered Swaziland

Swaziland, which has the world's highest incidence of HIV, is embarking on pilot projects to offer treatment to people who are HIV-positive, including pregnant women, irrespective of their CD4 count. Barbara Sibbald reports.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of TasP Compared With Circumcision, ART

Researchers examine "whether [HIV treatment as prevention (TasP)] is indeed a game changer or if comparable benefits are obtainable at similar or lower cost by increasing coverage of medical male circumcision (MMC) and antiretroviral treatment (ART)."

Published
10 December 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
'Real-world' evidence shows that antiretroviral therapy reduces risk of HIV transmission in heterosexual couples

A study conducted in China has provided 'real-world' evidence of the impact of antiretroviral therapy on the risk of transmission in heterosexual couples. Published in The Lancet,

Published
04 December 2012
By
Michael Carter
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Partner therapy 'cuts HIV cases'

Treating people with HIV who have uninfected partners significantly reduces transmission rates, researchers in China have found.

Published
01 December 2012
From
BBC Health
HIV prevention policy
AVAC: Achieving the End - One Year and Counting

With this year’s AVAC Report, we’re setting the clock on the global drive to end the AIDS epidemic. It’s a goal that nearly all now agree is attainable. But it can only be achieved if an ambitious pace of funding, implementation and research is set—and maintained—starting now.

Published
28 November 2012
From
AVAC
Retention and linkage to care
Even in well-treated populations, loss to follow-up limits community viral suppression

Several papers presented at the Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection last week showed that even in populations with consistent access to care and

Published
23 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Lack of understanding of treatment benefits may discourage women with HIV from having children – and could increase the risk of vertical transmission

Two papers presented at the eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection this week in Glasgow suggest that some women with HIV may not have

Published
16 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Half of HIV-positive gay men disagree that HIV treatment makes you less infectious

A survey of over 2000 gay men attending clinics in the UK has found that 48% disagree that HIV treatment can make someone less infectious or makes

Published
15 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
"I'm on antivirals and undetectable: what about safe sex?"

In a wide–ranging interview that poses difficult questions, Bob Leahy asks Toronto-based clinician/scientist Dr. Rupert Kaul about how can we interpret risk of HIV transmission in the age of undetectable viral load.

Published
09 November 2012
From
Positive Lite
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