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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
21 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
UNAIDS calls for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB

UNAIDS is calling for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB. This means that HIV and TB systems should be fully integrated, every person living with HIV is tested for TB and that every person with TB is offered an HIV test, and people with TB who are HIV-positive are started on antiretroviral treatment immediately.

Published
20 March 2013
From
UNAIDS
The search for a cure
French researchers report 14 patients in 'remission' after controlling HIV for over 4 years off treatment

Two weeks ago, the announcement that a baby had been ‘functionally cured’ of HIV disease with the use of very early antiretroviral therapy (ART) caused great excitement at the

Published
16 March 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Resistance
Computer models predict how patients will respond to HIV drugs

Results of a new study demonstrate that computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to a new treatment. Crucially for patients in poorer countries, the models do not require the results of expensive drug resistance tests to make their predictions. The study also showed that the models were able to identify alternative drug combinations that were predicted to work in cases where the treatment used in the clinic had failed, suggesting that their use could avoid treatment failure.

Published
14 March 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Testing policies and guidelines
Current HIV screening guidelines are too conservative

Two Northwestern University researchers report that the CDC's current HIV screening guidelines are too conservative and that more frequent testing would be cost-effective in the long run for both high- and low-risk groups. The researchers performed a mathematical modeling study to assess "optimal testing frequencies" for HIV screening in different risk groups. They concluded screening should be done up to every three months for the highest-risk individuals and low-risk groups should be tested every three years.

Published
13 March 2013
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Eurekalert Inf Dis
Women
NEW YORK: 30% of N.Y. HIV Women Get 'Late' Diagnosis

New York state health officials say that approximately 30 percent of the state’s women who are newly diagnosed with HIV receive an AIDS diagnosis at the same time or soon after their initial diagnosis.

Published
13 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
HIV and criminal law
Proposal to Allow HIV Tests on Alleged Rapists in South Africa

If positive, they would be charged with attempted murder.

Published
13 March 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Routine viral load monitoring almost halves risk of virologic failure in 18-month Kenyan study

Six-monthly viral load testing of patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) at primary health clinics in rural Kenya reduced the risk of virologic failure at 18 months of

Published
12 March 2013
By
Lesley Odendal
Testing policies and guidelines
West Virginia Advances Bill to Charge for HIV Testing

With pressure from lessening federal funds driving their actions, the West Virginia Senate pushed forward a bill on March 7 that would allow local health departments to charge individuals fees for STD testing.

Published
12 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Michigan's HIV Testing Scandal

In researching alleged 2011 Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) data breaches, investigative reporter Todd Heywood discovered that MDCH “secretly collected” personal information—names, dates of birth, risk categories, and other demographic data—on people (and their partners) who went to government grant-funded organizations for confidential testing. Heywood reports that the state is using the private information in civil and criminal cases against HIV-infected people who present a “health threat.”

Published
08 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
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