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Mixed status couples prefer combination HIV protection in Kenya

High uptake of combination HIV prevention strategies among mixed-status couples in Kenya, offers new insights into the acceptability of services.

Published
24 May 2019
From
AVERT
Conception
Study Explores Cost-Effectiveness of Conception Strategies for HIV Serodiscordant Couples

A new multi-institutional study has examined the cost-effectiveness of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) combination of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) and assisted reproductive options for serodiscordant couples with an HIV-infected male and HIV-uninfected female looking to conceive. The study focused on examining scenarios in which ‘Undetectable=Untransmittable’ (’U=U’) infection, achieved with combination antiretroviral therapy, (cART) is not sufficient for conception.

Published
09 January 2019
From
Contagion Live
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Becoming a parent should not be denied to HIV positive gay and bisexual men

If a man cannot pass HIV onto another man during sex because his viral load is undetectable, then it follows that his sperm would not pass HIV to a surrogate or child should he wish to conceive in this way. Even as a well informed HIV activist, this is an aspect of the U=U debate which I had not come across before in the context of same-sex couples.

Published
17 October 2018
From
Gay Times
Reproductive health
Large proportion of people living with HIV, including gay men, would like to have children

Approximately 40% of HIV-positive adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the United States would like to have children in the future, a proportion that remained unchanged after two

Published
02 October 2018
By
Michael Carter
Contraception
Unintended pregnancies and desire for children: reproductive health needs of women living with HIV

The needs for safe conception services and a wider choice of contraception for women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa were highlighted last week at

Published
01 August 2018
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Conception
Yes, HIV-Positive Men Can Become Fathers. Here's Two Providers Who Help Them

In HIV, we pay a lot of attention to parenthood -- but mostly from the perspective of ending mother-to-child transmission. Even then, the public health message is often mostly about the baby, not the health and well-being of the mother. But almost nowhere do we have deep discussions about reproductive options for HIV-positive men, particularly cisgender straight men.

Published
18 June 2018
From
TheBody.com
Treatment for women
Dolutegravir may cause birth defects, European Medicines Agency warns

Regulatory agencies in the United States and European Union have warned that women with HIV who can become pregnant should not use the integrase inhibitor

Published
21 May 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
Conception
Why the Dolutegravir Pregnancy Warning is Important — and What We Should Do Now

Based on the widespread and growing use of DTG-based regimens globally, these data on the potential risks of becoming pregnant while receiving DTG have immediate and broad clinical relevance.

Published
21 May 2018
From
NEJM Journal Watch
Conception
New study suggests risk of birth defects in babies born to women on HIV medicine dolutegravir

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is evaluating preliminary results from a study which found 4 cases of birth defects such as spina bifida (malformed spinal cord) in babies born to mothers who became pregnant while taking dolutegravir. While EMA is assessing the new evidence, dolutegravir should not be used in women seeking to become pregnant.

Published
21 May 2018
From
European Medicines Agency
Women
Study finds that women are much more vulnerable to HIV infection during pregnancy and in the months after giving birth

A study presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) found that women in two prevention studies were nearly three times more likely

Published
05 March 2018
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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