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Nutrition
Better food seen as key in AIDS treatment

Inadequate access to nutritious food is associated with increased hospitalizations and emergency room visits among HIV-positive individuals, and ensuring that patients have enough to eat may need to be a priority for the doctors and nurses who treat them, the San Francisco Chronicle says. In a paper released Wednesday, the scientists reported that 56 percent of HIV-positive patients who are homeless or living in substandard housing are also food insecure, which is defined as a regular inability to obtain enough healthy food. The researchers looked at 347 HIV patients, all of whom live in San Francisco.

Published
22 August 2012
From
San Francisco Chronicle
Adherence
Australians find that money problems lead to poorer adherence to HIV therapy

Difficulties meeting pharmacy costs and those incurred travelling for clinic appointments are associated with interrupting or stopping HIV therapy, Australian investigators report in HIV Medicine. Overall, 14%

Published
13 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Money, benefits and housing
NAT launches new report on HIV social care spending and services

NAT today launches ‘HIV social care in England – a survey of local council funding’, looking into how HIV social care spending and services have changed over time.  This report compares results with a similar survey from NAT in 2008.  

Published
09 August 2012
From
NAT press release
Immigration
NAT welcomes Glasgow City Council passing motion against forced destitution of refused asylum seekers

NAT (National AIDS Trusts) welcome the decision of the Glasgow City Council to pass a motion against the forced destitution of refused asylum seekers and applauds the work of the Scottish Refugee Council on this issue.  

Published
03 August 2012
From
National AIDS Trust
Access to medicines and treatment
For Americans with HIV, there are many obstacles to successful treatment

The big issues in HIV treatment in the US are how to find the patients, test them, get them into medical care and keep them there, provide them medicines, educate them and follow their progress.

Published
23 July 2012
From
The Washington Post
Money, benefits and housing
Benefits and Housing in the UK: A guide for refugees living with HIV

The National Aids Trust has published an up to date factsheet with guidance on benefits and housing for people living with HIV who have refugee status, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave to remain in the UK. The fact sheet is targeted at refugees and organisations that support them.

Published
06 July 2012
From
NAT
Hepatitis C treatment
Hepatitis C treatment under threat from welfare reform

Charities say the number of calls from people with the virus seeking help with benefits has nearly doubled in the space of a year. A report being published tomorrow highlights cases where people have missed medical appointments as they were unable to afford bus fares, or eat healthily to give the best chance of treatment success. There are concerns that many people are being wrongly assessed as fit to work, while appeals can take months to be heard.

Published
24 June 2012
From
Herald Scotland
Hepatitis C
1 in 4 Los Angeles Homeless Have Hep C

Nearly 27 percent of homeless adults surveyed and tested in downtown Los Angeles’ skid row were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)—more than 10 times the 2 percent rate among the general U.S. population—according to a new study.

Published
14 June 2012
From
AIDSMeds
UK health services
UK: Charities claim 'landmark' ruling could end care postcode lottery

Councils must never take the size of their own budgets into account when assessing the care needs of elderly and disabled people, Britain’s highest court ruled yesterday.

Published
01 June 2012
From
The Telegraph
Money, benefits and housing
‘Life cover is available for HIV positive clients’

The majority of HIV positive people are still unaware they can buy life assurance, research by an advisory firm has found.

Published
17 May 2012
From
FT Adviser
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