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Treatment outcomes and life expectancy
Outcomes still improving for HIV patients in the UK

Outcomes for HIV-positive patients taking antiretroviral therapy in the UK have improved significantly in recent years, and are projected to continue to do so until at least

Published
02 August 2010
By
Michael Carter
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Happy families

Sally Farthing is an HIV specialist midwife at West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth, west London. She praises the measures – and the mothers – who together have sent

Published
01 July 2010
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HIV treatment update
Access to medicines and treatment
UK restrictions on access to healthcare result in migrants delaying HIV tests and treatment

UK government policies restricting the entitlement of foreign nationals to healthcare are adversely affecting both individuals' health and public health, researchers report in the journal

Published
24 June 2010
By
Roger Pebody
PEP
Increasing demand for PEP in UK, but targets still missed

Surveys from regional hospitals presented to the second BHIVA/BASHH conference in Manchester showed that increasing numbers of patients are seeking post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following sexual

Published
27 April 2010
By
Gus Cairns
UK health services
Whoever you vote for, the government gets in

Lisa Power of the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) looks at what voting for the three main political parties in the UK might bring for people with HIV and

Published
01 March 2010
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HIV treatment update
Telling people you have HIV
In 2005, half of people with HIV in the UK had disclosed status to primary care

An analysis of primary care records suggests that at least half of people with diagnosed HIV infection had disclosed their HIV status to their general

Published
04 December 2009
By
Roger Pebody
Retention and linkage to care
Lost to care: the mystery of the disappearing patients

Up to a third of patients who attend their first HIV clinic appointment don’t return. Why do they drop out of care, and are they putting themselves

Published
01 November 2009
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HIV treatment update
Health services and systems
Patients often perceive no risk if they delay attending STI clinics

Over a third of patients are declining appointments that genitourinary medicine clinics offer within the UK target time of 48 hours, a study published in

Published
05 October 2009
By
Michael Carter
Experiences of stigma
People who feel stigmatised less likely to access HIV care

HIV-related stigma is associated with poor access to specialist HIV medical care, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of General Internal

Published
12 August 2009
By
Michael Carter
Retention and linkage to care
London patient surveys find widely different rates of patients referred to care and lost to follow-up

A number of surveys presented to the 15th British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Liverpool have found wide variation between clinics in the proportion of

Published
05 April 2009
By
Gus Cairns
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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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