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Bone and joint problems
Vitamin D supplements benefit bone metabolism of younger patients taking tenofovir

Vitamin D supplementation is associated with an improvement in a key marker of bone health in HIV-positive young adults treated with tenofovir, US research published in Clinical Infectious

Published
25 January 2012
By
Michael Carter
Nutrition
Vigilance over early weight loss on HIV treatment needed, Tanzanian study shows

Nearly one-third of patients experienced substantial weight loss in the first ten months after starting antiretroviral therapy, research has shown. Leading American and Tanzanian researchers warn that healthcare

Published
18 January 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Bone and joint problems
Vitamin D May Improve Bone Health in Those Taking Anti-HIV Drug

A new NIH-funded study indicates that taking Vitamin D supplements can help prevent hormonal changes that lead to bone loss amongst patients taking tenofovir (Viread) for the long-term treatment of HIV.

Published
12 January 2012
From
National Institutes of Health press release
Side-effects
Limited evidence that vitamin D supplements of any benefit for patients with HIV

There is only scant evidence that vitamin D supplementation is of benefit for patients with HIV, according to UK investigators writing in the January 28th  edition of

Published
10 January 2012
By
Michael Carter
HIV treatment for children and young people
ART improves impact of therapeutic feeding in malnourished infants with HIV

HIV-infected malnourished children in urban Malawi who got ART within three weeks of therapeutic feeding were more likely to recover nutritionally (86% compared to 60%, p<0.01) and gained

Published
04 January 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Nutrition
Ugandan HIV/AIDS patients grapple with poor nutrition

Mr. Paul Nabende, 62, has been HIV positive since 2006. Although fit and strong between 2007-2009 and able to look for food and money for himself and his children, he has now weakened so much that he can’t work or afford to feed himself and his family.

Published
03 January 2012
From
Key Correspondents
Money, benefits and housing
Kenya families facing HIV and high food prices make tough choices on who gets fed

Rising food prices are taking a toll in East Africa on low-income people who have the virus that causes AIDS. An expert on HIV/AIDS for the World Food Program says some HIV patients are refusing to take their medicine.

Published
22 December 2011
From
Washington Post
Nutrition
ZIMBABWE: Food voucher scheme benefits HIV-positive people

Vulnerable people living with HIV in Zimbabwe are benefiting from an electronic voucher scheme being used to fight malnutrition among people on antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and their families by providing them with nutritious food. 

Published
20 October 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Starting treatment
Overweight patients have best gains in CD4 cell count twelve months after starting HIV therapy

Patients who would normally be classified as overweight have the biggest increases in their CD4 cell counts during the first year of HIV therapy, US investigators report

Published
11 October 2011
By
Michael Carter
51% of HIV-affected households in Cambodia live in hunger: UNDP

Some 51 percent of the HIV/AIDS- infected households in Cambodia are living in hunger, said a new UN survey released here on Thursday, calling for more attention to the need for HIV-sensitive social protection mechanisms.

Published
25 August 2011
From
Xinhuanet.com
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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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