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Treatment guidelines
5.2 million now on ART — and more to come; WHO officially releases 2010 HIV treatment guidelines

Proclaiming that at least 5.2 million people with HIV were now receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low and middle-income countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) formally launched the

Published
20 July 2010
By
Theo Smart
Epidemiology
Clinton: it's the 'end of the beginning' of the AIDS epidemic

AIDS is no longer an emergency to be met with a “make-it-up-as-you-go” response, ex-US President Bill Clinton told the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in Vienna today.  It

Published
19 July 2010
By
Gus Cairns
White House Global AIDS Advisor Joins Meeting on HIV and Health Systems in Vienna

Wearing an AIDS red ribbon on this lapel, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, a special advisor to the White House on health policy, participated in a panel discussion this morning during an IAS 2010 pre-meeting entitled “Bridging the Divide – Inter-Disciplinary Partnerships for HIV and Health Systems Strengthening.” “This is a challenge to everyone — Partially to [...]

Published
16 July 2010
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Science Speaks
Time for efficiency in fighting AIDS: Bill Gates

No big influxes of new money are coming to fight the AIDS pandemic, but some smarter targeting and using approaches that have been shown to work can still save lives, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said on Tuesday.

Published
14 July 2010
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Reuters
The search for a cure
HIV cure efforts severely underfunded, US activists report

Only 3% of the US AIDS research budget is currently devoted to efforts to find a cure for HIV infection, according to a new report

Published
13 July 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Expanding coverage of HIV therapy is highly cost-effective, and could prevent many new infections

Increasing the proportion of HIV-positive patients treated with antiretroviral therapy could save the Canadian province of British Columbia US$900 million over 30 years - and

Published
08 July 2010
By
Michael Carter
HIV testing policies and guidelines
HIV ‘test and treat’ strategy could have individual and public health benefits in Washington DC

The adoption of an HIV “test and treat” strategy in the US capital, Washington DC, could have significant individual and public health benefits, investigators argue in the

Published
02 July 2010
By
Michael Carter
Behaviour change interventions
'No sex' months proposed as fire-break for HIV in worst-affected countries

Two leading HIV researchers say that countries worst affected by HIV should test whether promoting a national month of sex abstinence could slow the spread

Published
30 June 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Treatment guidelines
New WHO treatment guidelines

This issues covers new WHO guidelines on when to start treatment, the phase out of stavudine, PMTCTand infant feeding and the policy change in South Africa. 

Published
03 December 2009
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Access to medicines and treatment
Scaling up HIV testing and counselling towards universal access: what works in resource-limited settings?

This issue looks at the diverse possibilities and challenges for expanding HIV testing and counselling as well as policy and practice in resource-poor settings.

Published
01 October 2009
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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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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