A Swiss study of people who were diagnosed
during early HIV infection has found that a quarter of them presented or
developed a wide variety of non-typical
- Published
- 27 May 2015
- By
- Gus Cairns
A study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the English PROUD
study, demonstrated the highest effectiveness yet seen for this method of
HIV prevention, the Conference on Retroviruses and
- Published
- 24 February 2015
- By
- Gus Cairns
Only a single health care worker was confirmed to have acquired HIV on the job between 2000 and 2013, according to the CDC.
- Published
- 14 January 2015
- From
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AIDSMeds
To boost awareness of pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) to prevent HIV infection, the NYC Department of Health has launched an outreach program targeted to 600 doctors.
- Published
- 14 January 2015
- From
- Poz magazine news
A study in which a group of HIV-negative gay and bisexual
men from New York were asked to predict each day whether they would have sex
the
- Published
- 12 January 2015
- By
- Gus Cairns
Reports of sex workers misusing HIV drugs have left activists wondering if the government invested enough in HIV education before purchasing medicine, worth 4 billion Kenyan shilling. Many sex workers say clients prefer to have unprotected sex and will pay more money for it. This being a business, the women often choose to have unprotected sex, then rush to a public hospital for post-exposure prophylaxis medication, claiming they have been raped or had a burst condom. Some sex workers have also expressed uncertainties about the sustainability of the project, so they go to different hospitals and stockpile the medication, just in case it is no longer available in public hospitals.
- Published
- 07 January 2015
- From
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Key Correspondents
Recommendations for a public health approach - December 2014 supplement to the 2013 consolidated ARV guidelines.
- Published
- 02 December 2014
- From
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World Health Organization
She had been volunteering at a drop-in center for the homeless, helping to prepare dinner, when she felt a sting in the tip of the finger and looked down to see a red mark and a dot of blood. She could not find the object that had poked her, but she knew immediately what might have happened: She had seen a few used syringes lying around the place, and perhaps one had somehow gotten into the sink and perhaps she had stuck her finger with it, and perhaps it had just been used by an H.I.V.-infected addict, and perhaps right that minute, the virus was coursing through her own veins. So of course she went to the nearest emergency room. She knew that medication taken promptly could prevent H.I.V., and she wasn’t taking any chances.
- Published
- 16 September 2014
- From
-
New York Times
Health promotion interventions can combine information about
condoms and alternative biomedical prevention methods without undermining
attitudes and intentions to use condoms, according to an experimental study
published in
- Published
- 15 September 2014
- By
- Roger Pebody
The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) has recommended a change in the recommended regimen for post-exposure prophylaxis from tenofovir/emtricitabine with Kaletra to tenofovir/emtricitabine with raltegravir.
- Published
- 11 September 2014
- From
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Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA)
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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