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Situation Improving For HIV-Positive Individuals Detained at the United States Border

Individuals with HIV who have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement are far more likely to be released having had some consultation about their health and steps to improve their outlook compared with those who were detained several years ago, according to new research presented the 2018 ID Week Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Published
12 October 2018
From
MD Magazine
Prisoners
Retention in HIV care drops after release from incarceration

Fewer than half of people with HIV are retained in care three years after release from incarceration, according to a study in the U.S. published October 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Kelsey Loeliger of Yale School of Medicine, and colleagues. The findings also suggest that better access to health insurance and transitional case-management services may improve retention in HIV care and viral suppression in this population.

Published
10 October 2018
From
EurekAlert (press release)
Harm reduction
Failure to provide naloxone at the point of release for most prisoners is putting lives at risk

Those leaving prison having had an opiate problem are seriously at risk of having a life-threatening overdose or dying as a result of one. Both Public Health England (PHE) and the government have been clear in their recommendation that all local areas need to have appropriate naloxone provision in place. However, prisons have so far failed to implement provision at the point of release across much of the estate, and this is putting lives at risk.

Published
11 July 2018
From
Drink & Drug News
Hepatitis C treatment
State Prisons Fail To Offer Cure To 144000 Inmates With Deadly Hepatitis C

State prisons across the U.S. are failing to treat at least 144,000 inmates who have hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal liver disease, according to a recent survey and subsequent interviews of state corrections departments.

Published
09 July 2018
From
Kaiser Health News
HIV testing policies and guidelines
‘Opt-out’ testing for HIV and hep C is seen as coercive by many prisoners

A new study among people entering prison in the USA suggests ‘opt-out’ testing approaches for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) may need reconsideration.

Published
15 June 2018
From
AVERT
Prisoners
A Day in the Life: Physician Cares for HIV-Positive Patients in Jail

Every Tuesday Anne Spaulding MD works as a staff physician and infectious disease consultant at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. “It has turned out to be a really good fit for somebody who is interested in health disparities, infectious diseases, social justice issues, HIV, and hepatitis C,” Spaulding said of corrections medicine. “It has been a very good career path.”

Published
31 May 2018
From
Journal of the American Medical Association
Harm reduction
Canada reveals needle exchange programme in prisons

Following pressure from activists, the Canadian Government announced two federal prisons will offer a needle exchange programme before a national roll-out.

Published
25 May 2018
From
The Lancet (requires free registration)
Hepatitis C treatment
EATG launches a report on access to HCV-related services in the penitentiary system in Europe

Drawing on research on the state of access to services related to Hepatitis C in prison settings in Europe and Central Asia, which has highlighted major shortcomings across the countries as well as some promising practices in few countries, the European AIDS Treatment Group calls on national and prison authorities to scale up access to voluntary and confidential testing and counselling for people in detention.

Published
23 May 2018
From
EATG
Discrimination and the law
US Jail to Pay $27,500 to Inmate Who Was Isolated for Having HIV

“Segregation of detainees with HIV in jails or prisons is unlawful” under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Published
03 April 2018
From
Poz
Prisoners
Treatment with extended-release naltrexone increases chances that HIV-positive prisoners will maintain viral suppression after release

Treatment with extended-release naltrexone is associated with improved viral suppression among HIV-positive prisoners, according to two US studies presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses

Published
13 March 2018
By
Michael Carter
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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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