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Tuberculosis and HIV
More intensive screening for TB needed for HIV-positive patients in South Africa

Many cases of tuberculosis (TB) in patients starting HIV therapy will be missed if screening for the disease relies on 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines,

Published
09 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Recurrent pneumonia increases lung cancer risk for patients with AIDS

Recurrent bacterial pneumonia is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in patients with AIDS, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
06 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Kenyan study shows people with HIV can provide safe, effective community management of ART

Community-based care delivered to adults living with HIV by people living with HIV using mobile technologies provided care as safe and effective as clinic-based care, researchers report in

Published
02 September 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
TB transmission
Prison overcrowding leading to TB spread in South Africa

Severe overcrowding in KwaZulu-Natal's prisons is contributing to the spread of HIV and tuberculosis and driving the high death toll in prisons.

Published
02 September 2010
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Mental and emotional health
Symptoms can predict increases in viral load for patients taking HIV treatment

Physical and psychological symptoms can predict increases in viral load in patients taking antiretroviral therapy who have an undetectable viral load, researchers from London report in the

Published
09 August 2010
By
Michael Carter
Delivery of care
Loss to follow-up: health system, not patients, to blame

Continuing high rates of loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes among people already on treatment and those waiting to start treatment are a symptom of health

Published
29 July 2010
By
Rebecca Hodes
TB treatment
Starting ART two weeks after TB treatment reduces death risk by one-third in people with HIV

Starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people with TB and advanced HIV disease two weeks after starting TB therapy, rather than waiting eight weeks, significantly improves survival according to

Published
23 July 2010
By
Theo Smart
HIV treatment in children
Early treatment for infants cheaper than delaying treatment, CHER study shows

Starting antiretroviral treatment early in HIV-infected infants, at a median of seven weeks of age, resulted in cost savings of 80%, compared to deferring treatment until a

Published
22 July 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
HIV treatment in children
Children doing just as well as adults on HIV treatment in southern Africa

Treatment for children in southern Africa approaches success rates seen in adults, according to data from Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative’s (BIPAI) Network of Children’s Centres of Excellence

Published
21 July 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Diagnosing children
Without improved infant HIV diagnosis, early treatment recommendation may have limited impact

Early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) is becoming more frequent, according to a retrospective multi-country analysis in Cambodia, Namibia, Senegal and Uganda in 2009, researchers announced today at the Eighteenth

Published
20 July 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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