BHIVA & BASHH 2018

aidsmap news from BHIVA/BASHH 2018

• HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow now involves over 100 infections, many homeless

  People who inject drugs
  Michael Carter | 03 May 2018

  An HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow involves over 100 cases and is still ongoing, investigators report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Genetic sequencing showed that ...

• Why aren’t older people tested for HIV? Views from doctors and patients

  HIV testing programmes
  Roger Pebody | 01 May 2018

  Limited knowledge of HIV and stereotypes about who may have HIV are barriers to HIV testing in people over the age of 50, with similar issues affecting both clinicians and older people ...

• NHS England saved £10 million by switching to generic anti-HIV drugs in 2016

  Finance and funding
  Roger Pebody | 30 April 2018

  A programme to encourage clinicians to switch people to generic antiretroviral drugs saved the NHS almost £10 million in the financial year 2016-2017, Dr Laura Waters of NHS England’s Clinical ...

• What are the outcomes for adults who were born with HIV?

  Young people
  Roger Pebody | 25 April 2018

  Among people who were born with HIV and have now transitioned to adult care at St Mary’s hospital in London, 80% have an undetectable viral load, rising to 87% in those aged ...

• Far more harms associated with crystal meth than other chemsex drugs

  Chemsex and recreational drug use
  Roger Pebody | 24 April 2018

  Gay men who use crystal methamphetamine during sex are five times as likely to report a negative impact on their mental health, 15 times as likely to be hospitalised and ...

• HIV diagnoses in Brighton started to fall before London and for different reasons

  HIV testing programmes
  Roger Pebody | 23 April 2018

  New HIV diagnoses in Brighton & Hove have fallen by half since 2013, according to a poster presented at the joint British HIV Association (BHIVA) and British Association for Sexual ...

• 1600 people taking PrEP in Scotland and Wales, almost all are gay men

  PrEP
  Roger Pebody | 21 April 2018

  “Welcome to a country where we do have a full NHS-delivered programme for PrEP, with no upper limit,” began Dr Rak Nandwani of NHS Glasgow and Clyde as he outlined Scotland’s experience ...

• Loneliness and isolation top list of unmet social needs among people living with HIV in the UK

  Finding support
  Roger Pebody | 20 April 2018

  A survey of a large, representative sample of people attending HIV clinics in England has identified satisfaction with HIV-related services, but considerable unmet need for social and welfare services, in particular support ...