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Money, benefits and housing
For many destitute Kenyans, illegal sales of anti-HIV drugs only means of survival

The illegal sale of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that curb HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is rampant in Kenya. Patients who receive the drugs for free under international aid programs are selling them to wealthy people who want to keep their HIV secret, or to those elsewhere in Africa who face difficulties obtaining the medication.

Published
29 October 2012
From
The Asahi Shimbun
Money, benefits and housing
Size of average HIV life policy revealed

Research shows that HIV-positive people are “at last” insuring themselves for “useful” amounts.

Published
10 September 2012
From
Health Insurance and Protection
Money, benefits and housing
Infections among homeless could fuel wider epidemics: study

Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, a study showed on Monday.

Published
23 August 2012
From
Reuters
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
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