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Tuberculosis and HIV
UK tuberculosis rates highest in 30 years

Cases of tuberculosis in Britain reached their highest level for 30 years in 2009 with 9,040 cases and the number of new drug-resistant TB cases has almost doubled in the past decade, government data showed on Thursday.

Published
04 November 2010
From
Reuters
Prisoners
Staying safe inside: HIV and hepatitis C health care in prison

Policies on safer sex and needle exchange in UK prisons seem to have stalled. With a high and increasing prevalence of hepatitis C in our jails, and

Published
01 November 2010
From
HIV treatment update
United Kingdom
SNP to scrap prescription charges

The Scottish government confirms it will abolish prescription charges next April, despite huge funding pressures ahead.

Published
16 October 2010
From
BBC Health
UK health services
HIV organisations in quango review: reform rather than abolition

The UK government yesterday announced the abolition of 192 government funded but arms-length bodies (“quangos”), with a number of HIV-related organisations affected. However in many

Published
15 October 2010
By
Roger Pebody
UK health services
Will NHS reform wait for its detractors to come round?

Andrew Lansley now faces a real test. He didn't seek the medical establishment's views before publishing the paper. Will he do so now, and rethink the limits of his ambition?

Published
06 October 2010
From
The Guardian
Young people
Coming of age

Soon, the majority of children in the UK born with HIV will be young adults. Many already are. Gus Cairns talks to healthcare workers about helping

Published
01 October 2010
From
HIV treatment update
UK health services
NHS braced for HIV patient rise

The NHS is braced for a sharp rise in patients seeking treatment for HIV, figures show. Estimates predict 70,000 patients will need HIV care this year, rising to 74,600 in 2011. That compares to 65,319 patients seen for HIV care in 2009.

Published
16 September 2010
From
Yahoo News
Cancer
Imiquimod a good treatment for pre-cancerous anal lesions in men with HIV

HIV treatment centres should screen and treat pre-cancerous anal lesions, UK investigators argue in the online edition of AIDS. They were prompted to make this suggestion by research

Published
02 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
The future role of primary and community care in HIV

BHIVA statement on principles which should underpin future models of care for patients with diagnosed HIV infection.

Published
01 September 2010
From
British HIV Association
UK health services
Doctors in the dock

Why are so many of us complaining about our GPs?

Published
31 August 2010
From
The Guardian
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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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