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Retention and linkage to care
Self-testing and home treatment initiation triples uptake of HIV treatment in Malawi

Offering people the opportunity to self-test at home and then start antiretroviral therapy after counselling at home, together with home delivery of antiretroviral drugs, increased the number

Published
23 hours ago
By
Keith Alcorn
Outcomes and prognosis
In resource-rich countries, migrants have a higher risk of progressing to AIDS in the first year of HIV therapy

Rates of AIDS-defining illnesses in the first year of antiretroviral therapy are significantly higher among migrant than non-migrant populations in resource-rich countries, investigators report in the online edition

Published
01 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Starting treatment
Meta-analysis shows superiority of integrase inhibitors in first-line HIV therapy and benefits for people changing treatment due to resistance

Antiretroviral combinations based on an integrase inhibitor are superior to other first-line HIV treatment regimens, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in the open access journal

Published
26 February 2013
By
Michael Carter
Starting treatment
When to Start ART in Africa — An Urgent Research Priority

We believe that a randomized, controlled trial should be undertaken immediately to determine when to initiate ART in Africa for maximal individual health benefit. It is feasible to conduct a large, simple trial to assess the risks and benefits of immediate ART versus deferral until a CD4+ count of 350 cells per cubic millimeter is reached.

Published
23 February 2013
From
New England Journal of Medicine
Starting treatment
Why no one is helped by dumbing down the “when to start” debate: a response to Dr Myron Cohen

This article was prompted by contributions to the “when to start” debate that avoid both it’s complexity and the lack of evidence for benefits at higher CD4 counts. This issue has broad concern for HIV positive people, doctors and health workers, and public health policy.

Published
23 February 2013
From
HIV i-Base
Retention and linkage to care
Earlier treatment in South African cohort did not increase loss to follow-up

Implementation of South Africa’s 2011 expansion of treatment guidelines – starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) at or below 350 cells/mm3 – will not increase patient loss to follow-up, researchers

Published
21 February 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Treatment guidelines
Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Include Stronger Recommendation for Acute Infection

Among the key changes are additional information about the most recently approved antiretroviral agents and a recommendation that newly infected people with HIV should be offered combination ART. The guidelines continue to recommend treatment for all people with HIV, both to reduce the risk of disease progressionand for the prevention of HIV transmission.

Published
15 February 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Treatment guidelines
Updated U.S. DHHS guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents

New recommendations on drug-resistance testing, genotypic tropism assays, starting treatment, acute infection, pregnancy and interactions.

Published
15 February 2013
From
AIDSinfo
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Treatment as prevention: Experts in the UK agree it works

Roger Pebody summarises the statement released in January that should now guide how our doctors talk to us about treatment as prevention.

Published
14 February 2013
From
HIV treatment update
Treatment guidelines
AIDS-defining illnesses, especially TB, more frequent at high CD4 counts in Africa and Asia

Rates of death and illness remained 'substantial' even at higher CD4 cell counts among people receiving antiretroviral therapy in lower-income settings, and much greater efforts to get people

Published
07 February 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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