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Zimbabwean patients on ARV treatment have to take expired medicines

People living with HIV in Zimbabwe who are on antiretroviral treatment have been given expired medication. They say this is contrary to the treatment protocol and endangers lives.

Published
07 May 2019
From
Daily Maverick
HIV treatment for children and young people
Why has the uptake of lopinavir/ritonavir oral pellets for children been slow?

Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) oral pellets and oral granules for infants and young children living with HIV have proven advantages in terms of efficacy and tolerability over other formulations of

Published
02 May 2019
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Access to medicines and treatment
HIV Medical Providers Strongly Oppose Proposed Changes To Medicare Drug Plan’s “Protected Classes”

The proposed rule would allow plans to exclude certain drugs in those protected classes, including antiretrovirals.

Published
25 April 2019
From
Poz
Retention and linkage to care
Confidentiality breaches, stigma and a lack of time are stopping men in Côte d’Ivoire from getting tested and treated for HIV

Interviews with men in Côte d’Ivoire reveal radical differences in the perceptions of those who do and don’t access care. Research, published in PLOS ONE, found many of the worries of men out of care are not reflected in the experiences of those with regular contact with services. Men’s perceptions were linked with their level of engagement with HIV care, with men who have regular contact with HIV testing and treatment services displaying more positive attitudes than those with little or no contact with such services. The paper can be seen at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211385

Published
24 April 2019
From
AVERT
Health services and systems
Thousands feared at risk after Mexico reforms HIV+ regime

Thousands of Mexicans living with HIV or at risk of infection could be left without life-saving services after the government changed the way it funds treatment, according to public health experts and LGBT+ rights advocates.

Published
18 April 2019
From
Reuters
Access to medicines and treatment
Venezuela Falls Under The Triple Attack of HIV, Tuberculosis And Malaria

A little over a year later, the situation is a lot more serious than we originally foresaw. Every health, poverty, nutrition, economic growth and social development index in Venezuela has loudly worsened, while the Venezuelan government keeps on denying not only the existence of the humanitarian crisis affecting the country but even worse, the entrance of humanitarian aid.

Published
16 April 2019
From
Caracas Chronicles
Access to medicines and treatment
“Dialogue” Highlighted As Way Forward At Closure Of WHO Fair Pricing Forum

WHO said that it will launch a public online consultation involving governments, industry and civil society to try to come up with a broad consensus on what actually constitutes a “fair price” for essential medicines.

Published
15 April 2019
From
Health Policy Watch
Access to medicines and treatment
Tackling the high price of medicine

Profit seems to be the only logic driving medicine prices, with some African countries paying more for medicine than European countries, and US citizens paying some of the highest medicine prices in the world. While there are global efforts to rein in pharmaceutical companies’ excessive profiteering from sickness, trying to remove the secrecy around prices is complicated.

Published
15 April 2019
From
Daily Maverick
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
UK: Ministers accused of cover-up over migrant health reports

Ministers have been accused of a cover-up for refusing to release official reports into whether migrants’ health has been harmed since they began being charged upfront for NHS care before they can be treated.

Published
05 April 2019
From
The Guardian
Access to medicines and treatment
EACS Standard of Care meeting report – Tackling HIV and co-infections in Europe: towards common standards

This is the full report from the EACS Standard of Care Meeting. It can also be read in three separate sections here.Eastern Europe continues to have

Published
29 March 2019
By
Gus Cairns
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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