A new analysis finds that Obamacare has driven down the proportion of individuals without insurance.
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- 19 June 2019
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Poz
Public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against deadly yet preventable infectious diseases, warn experts. A Wellcome Trust analysis includes responses from more than 140,000 people in over 140 countries. Eastern Europe was the world region most sceptical of vaccines, with only 50% of people confident vaccines were safe, with Western Europe in second place, at 59%. People in France were also among the most likely to disagree that vaccines were effective, at 19%, and to disagree that vaccines were important for children to have, at 10%. The World Health Organization lists vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 threats to global health.
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- 19 June 2019
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BBC
Drug-drug interactions are
common in people over the age of 65 living with HIV and this substantially increases
healthcare costs in France. Published in Open
Forum Infectious Diseases,
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- 19 June 2019
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- Alain Volny-Anne
Ukraine has announced that it is to allocate $16 million to the country’s AIDS response for 2019-20, which will sustain and expand HIV prevention and support services for key populations as well as care and support services for people living with HIV.
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- 18 June 2019
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UNAIDS
A study of people prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) over a four-year period at
a large centre in Los Angeles has found that HIV incidence in people
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- 18 June 2019
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- Gus Cairns
An “A” letter grade indicates that the panel recommends the service and finds there is high certainty that the service has a substantial net benefit. This recommendation will help improve access to PrEP by urging health care providers to offer PrEP to people at risk for HIV. It will also trigger statutory coverage requirements for health plans and create other opportunities for making PrEP more affordable.
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- 17 June 2019
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O'Neill Institute
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the U.S., recently updated its list of preferred medicines to exclude seven common HIV drugs, swapping those drugs for 18 "preferred alternatives."
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- 17 June 2019
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The BodyPro
South Africa has made great strides in scaling up HIV testing and increasing HIV suppression in patients receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART), but is still struggling to reach ART coverage targets and is falling short of HIV prevention goals. This is according to new findings from the Thembisa model of HIV in South Africa presented today at the 9th South African AIDS Conference held in Durban.
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- 17 June 2019
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Spotlight
New analysis reveals real-world impact of the national roll-out of ‘treat all’ guidelines on antiretroviral treatment uptake in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- 17 June 2019
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Avert
Thousands of people are being turned away from sexual health clinics across the Republic, which will undermine a programme for preventing HIV due to be introduced later this year, according to Fianna Fáil.
The PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) HIV prevention programme is being implemented by the Government following advice from the State’s health watchdog that it would be safe and cost-effective.
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- 17 June 2019
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Irish Times
Antiretroviral drug chartA one-page reference guide to the anti-HIV drugs licensed for use in the UK or European Union, with information on formulation, dosing, key side effects and food requirements.
Your next stepsA booklet with information for people who’ve just found
out they have HIV.
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