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Updated EACS Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines

Version 6.1 of the EACS Guidelines (dated August 2012) is now available. This includes a substantial overview of the Co-infection section as well as a few minor changes to the Treatment section, in particular the inclusion of RPV in the “Initial combination regimen for antiretroviral-naive adult patients" table (p. 13), changes to the "Treatment of HIV pregnant women" table (p. 17) and revised indications for EFV and rifampicin (p. 18).

Published
30 October 2012
From
European AIDS Clinical Society
UK health services
The bottom line in clinical care: The new BHIVA standards

Gus Cairns summarises this important new document.

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
HIV treatment
The generic generation

In the next few years, some of the most widely used HIV drugs will come off patent in the UK. Gus Cairns asks: what are the

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Option B+ and treatments for pregnant women living with HIV in Africa

UNICEF are promoting an approach to reduce vertical transmission in resource poor settings known as Option B+. Whilst a programme that reduces risk of transmission of HIV to unborn children, transmission to HIV negative partners and increases mothers’ life expectancy should be highly commended, there are issues that Option B+ fails to address.

Published
20 September 2012
From
Positively UK
Treatment guidelines
Stribild Receives ‘Alternative’ U.S. Guidelines Ranking

U.S. HIV treatment guidelines classify Stribild, formerly known as the Quad, as an 'alternative' regimen option for first-time treatment takers. 

Published
19 September 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
ART for life cost effective for prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Uganda

Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) provided to all pregnant women with HIV who have CD4 cell counts under 350 cells/mm3 (World Health Organization Option B) in Uganda appears to

Published
18 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
UK health services
British HIV Association proposes new standards for care

BHIVA (The British HIV Association), the UK's leading association of HIV care professionals, is seeking views on new proposals for care for people with HIV in the UK. The proposals include twelve crucial areas for care, including offering people an HIV test, defining what HIV care should be available through clinical services, and the involvement of people living with HIV in the design and delivery of care and how information should be collected.

Published
13 September 2012
From
BHIVA press release
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB control – a “common responsibility”, says ECDC Director

“We must embrace the concept of common responsibility between high burden and low burden countries, creating a platform for a truly global action against TB’, concluded the ECDC Director. ‘This is why I am particularly pleased that ECDC and the European Respiratory Society have developed 21 patient-centred standards that aim to guide clinicians and public health workers in their daily work to ensure optimal diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB in the EU”.

Published
04 September 2012
From
ECDC press release
Side-effects
India: Safer anti-HIV drugs to replace Stavudine

Concerned over the ill effects of Stavudine d4T, a first-line drug against HIV for long, the Centre plans to replace it with safer and better-tolerated Tenofovir and Zidovudine.

Published
04 September 2012
From
Indian Express
Treatment guidelines
Brazil Expands Its Anti-AIDS Treatment Program

People with 500 or fewer CD4 cells per cubic millimeter will receive anti-retroviral HIV treatment, adding an extra 35,000 people to the program.

Published
30 August 2012
From
New York Times
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