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Improved liver function, but progressive kidney damage, among children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

Among HIV-positive children with liver and kidney abnormalities, liver enzyme abnormalities improved while kidney function progressively deteriorated the longer the children were on antiretroviral therapy (ART). With the

Published
02 January 2019
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Children, HIV and AIDS: The world today and in 2030

The world pledged to end AIDS by 2030. While we have seen remarkable progress in the past decade among children aged 0-9 years, adolescents have been left behind in HIV prevention efforts. A staggering 360,000 adolescents are projected to die of AIDS-related diseases between 2018 and 2030 without additional investment in HIV prevention, testing and treatment programs.

Published
30 November 2018
From
UNICEF
HIV treatment for children and young people
Pharmaceutical corporations are failing children with HIV

One year ago, pharmaceutical corporations committed to improving access to paediatric versions of HIV drugs for children, but very little progress has been made. MSF urges pharmaceutical corporations including Viiv and Merck to immediately register paediatric ARVs and improve access for kids.

Published
30 November 2018
From
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
HIV treatment for children and young people
MSF: Pharmaceutical corporations failing children with HIV

Developing countries are struggling to provide HIV-positive children with World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended treatments because pediatric versions of HIV medicines don’t exist, are priced out of reach, or haven’t been registered in all countries that need them, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ahead of a Vatican City meeting of HIV stakeholders on scaling up diagnosis and treatment for children.

Published
29 November 2018
From
Doctors Without Borders
HIV treatment for children and young people
In Utero HIV Infection Sharply Increases Cytomegalovirus Risk for Newborns

Nearly 1 in 4 infants who acquire HIV infection in the womb will also contract congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to new research.

Published
09 November 2018
From
MD Magazine
Support issues for children and young people
Adolescents and HIV: kindness and time key factors for treatment retention

New research from South Africa provides insights into the factors associated with retention of adolescents in HIV care, suggesting relatively low‐cost interventions could significantly improve adherence and retention in care.

Published
15 October 2018
From
AVERT
HIV treatment for children and young people
Vatican makes progress on pushing drug availability for kids with HIV

An initiative to identify and properly treat children living with HIV has gained new momentum as international organizations and pharmaceutical companies respond to a Vatican push to look past profit to doing the right thing.

Published
10 August 2018
From
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Access to medicines and treatment
Pfizer and GSK's HIV/AIDS division, ViiV, prevents children with HIV from getting needed medicine

Despite ViiV pledging in November 2017 that it would expedite the availability of paediatric dolutegravir formulations where these are most critically needed, and despite repeated appeals from MSF and others, almost 18 months after paediatric formulations of dolutegravir were approved for use by the European Medicines Agency, the corporation has started the registration process in only three sub-Saharan African countries

Published
23 July 2018
From
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
Access to medicines and treatment
More than half of children living with HIV still without treatment in high burden, PEPFAR-supported southern African countries

Data across 20 countries receiving PEPFAR support showed 56 percent of children living with HIV under the age of 15 — an estimated 750,000 children — are not receiving the life-saving treatment that also prevents transmission of the virus.

Published
18 May 2018
From
Science Speaks
Young people
What are the outcomes for adults who were born with HIV?

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,

Published
25 April 2018
By
Roger Pebody
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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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