Michael Carter

Michael has been writing news reports for NAM since 2002. As a former staff member, he wrote and edited the first editions of many of NAM’s booklets and factsheets.

Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

CD4 count testing has reduced with only a modest increase in viral load monitoring in southern Africa

Chemsex & recreational drug use

Crystal meth is the single biggest risk factor for HIV seroconversion among gay men in US study

Coronavirus

High prevalence of underlying health conditions explains increased COVID-19 mortality seen in people with HIV in US study

Organ transplants

Kidney transplant between people with HIV is safe, says US study

Transgender people

Large numbers of transgender MSM have never tested for HIV or STIs

Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Fewer antiretroviral drug interactions due to use of integrase inhibitors, says Swiss study

PrEP policies & guidelines

Sexual health screening for gay men using PrEP in the US falling way behind recommended standards

Epidemiology & behaviour

Gay men in Montreal using a variety of HIV prevention strategies, but little evidence of a "combination" approach to prevention being adopted

HIV treatment in pregnancy

Antiretroviral therapy at time of conception associated with some adverse birth outcomes

Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular risk prediction tools aren't accurate in people with HIV

Harm reduction

Harm reduction for people who inject drugs in Ukraine and Tanzania associated with improved HIV prevention outcomes

PrEP programmes & uptake

Truvada lawsuit ads are prompting some young people with a high risk of HIV not to start or discontinue PrEP

Coronavirus

Spanish study raises possibility that old-style tenofovir might protect against COVID-19

Coronavirus

Very weak evidence base for antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of COVID-19, say senior HIV doctors

Cardiovascular disease

A quarter of people living with HIV have hypertension

Tuberculosis & HIV

Black Africans living with HIV in UK have especially high rates of tuberculosis

Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in gay men equals that of chlamydia

Clinical trials

Black people and women are under-represented in anti-HIV drug studies