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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
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
MSF research points to ways to expand viral load testing in developing countries

At the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presented data today on strategies to reduce the costs and complexity of rolling out routine viral load monitoring in developing countries.

Published
07 March 2013
From
Médecins Sans Frontières press release
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Alere to Develop Simple, Affordable Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Test for Tuberculosis & Expand Manufacturing for POC HIV Viral Load Platform

Alere Inc. announced that it has been awarded a grant of up to $21.6 million and debt financing of up to $20.6 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support development of a point-of-care nucleic acid test for tuberculosis and to expand production facilities for this test and for a point-of-care viral load test.

Published
02 March 2013
From
Alere
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
UNITAID-financed project to increase access to new HIV monitoring technology

UNITAID and France Expertise Internationale (FEI) signed a US$ 2.4 million agreement to implement the “OPP-ERA” project which will stimulate the market entry of new manufacturers and suppliers of HIV Viral Load Test (VLT) technologies, bringing an innovative solution to meet the HIV monitoring and diagnostics needs in resource-limited settings.

Published
15 February 2013
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UNITAID
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Was higher viral load responsible for the African HIV epidemic?

Researchers from Cornell University in New York have found that the average HIV viral load of people not taking antiretroviral medication (ART) in Africa, and especially in southern

Published
12 February 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Cardiovascular disease
Management of hypertension reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease for HIV-positive people with high blood pressure

New Swiss research has shown the benefits of treating hypertension in HIV-positive people. The investigators calculated that the reduction in blood pressure achieved by their patients would “significantly

Published
21 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
The search for a cure
CMV infection may contribute to the size of the latent HIV reservoir

The presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in blood and semen is associated with higher levels of HIV DNA in blood, investigators from the United States report in the

Published
16 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Treatment-experienced people
Any reduction in viral load has immunologic benefits for people with HIV who have triple-class treatment failure

HIV therapy that achieves even modest reductions in viral load can have profound immunological benefits for people with triple-class treatment failure, European investigators report in the online edition

Published
08 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Starting treatment
Starting HIV therapy with a viral load above 100,000 is associated with a lower chance of achieving an undetectable viral load

Starting HIV treatment with a viral load above 100,000 copies/ml is associated with a reduced chance of achieving an undetectable viral load within 48 weeks regardless of

Published
28 November 2012
By
Michael Carter
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Lack of understanding of treatment benefits may discourage women with HIV from having children – and could increase the risk of vertical transmission

Two papers presented at the eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection this week in Glasgow suggest that some women with HIV may not have

Published
16 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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