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Multiple benefits to scaling up universal test and treat in Africa

As well as the important findings of PopART, the largest HIV prevention trial ever conducted, this week’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle heard about

Published: 08 March 2019
By: Roger Pebody

Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention

The length of time Americans with HIV remain infectious is falling, but slowly

In 2016, more than half of people with HIV in the United States took more than three years to be diagnosed, and more than five months after

Published: 07 March 2019
By: Roger Pebody

Achieving the 90-90-90 target

The Aids endgame: how the UK and US are committed to wiping out HIV

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are now so confident that they have the virus under control they have both predicted that they can stop the disease in its tracks.

Published: 07 March 2019
From: Daily Telegraph

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HIV infections lowered by 30% in universal testing and treatment study

Communities in southern Africa which received a door-to-door HIV testing intervention and support for linkage to care had substantially lower HIV incidence, the Conference on Retroviruses and

Published: 06 March 2019
By: Roger Pebody

Achieving the 90-90-90 target

CROI 2019: Thailand’s strides spanned HIV treatment, prevention and research

he first HIV vaccine trials to yield signs of hope happened here. Thailand was also the first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Now, Thailand has achieved the first part of UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 targets: 98 percent of people infected with HIV know their status.

Published: 06 March 2019
From: Science Speaks

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Hancock’s goal of no new HIV cases by 2030 is a pipe dream without NHS funding

England will see no new cases of HIV by 2030 according to a pledge made by the Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in January. Whilst Mr Hancock’s comments may suggest that the UK government is working towards a reduction in the number of people being newly diagnosed with the virus, it is clear that many working within the HIV sector have their reservations.

Published: 06 March 2019
From: Euronews

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Point-of-care viral load testing improves treatment outcomes and retention in care

Same-day provision of results from a point-of-care viral load test – rather than waiting weeks for laboratory results to be collected – resulted in a 14% improvement

Published: 05 March 2019
By: Roger Pebody

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55% drop in HIV incidence in gay men in England in just two years

In just two years, the incidence of new HIV infections in men who have sex with men attending English sexual health clinics fell by 55%, according

Published: 05 March 2019
By: Roger Pebody

Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention

'Test and Treat' reduces new HIV infections by a third in African communities

New HIV infections in southern Africa could be reduced substantially by offering entire communities voluntary HIV testing, and immediately referring those who test positive for HIV treatment in line with local guidelines, according to new research presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle, USA today.