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HIV and criminal law
Quebec woman with undetectable viral load acquitted in HIV exposure case

Good news! Six years after the charges were filed against her, D.C. has been acquitted.

Published
14 January 2011
From
COCQ - SIDA / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
French AIDS Research Agency and Africa Centre announce Treatment as Prevention trial in South Africa

HIV counselling and testing will be offered to all persons in the study area at the start of the project, and subsequently on a bi-annual basis.

Published
13 December 2010
From
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Taking HIV treatment and having an undetectable viral load associated with unprotected sex in Switzerland

The 'Swiss Statement' about the impact of antiretroviral treatment on infectiousness appears to have had an impact on the sexual behaviour of HIV-positive individuals in that country.

Published
09 November 2010
By
Michael Carter
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
US retention-in-care rates cast doubt on test-and-treat strategy

Thirty to 40 percent of people with HIV fail to either enter or stay in care after their initial diagnosis. These data have implications for the potential success of “test-and-treat” strategies—whereby everyone is tested for HIV and those who are positive receive immediate HIV treatment in an effort to prevent ongoing transmission.

Published
02 November 2010
From
AIDSmeds
Do HIV drugs really mean you aren’t infectious?

Gus Cairns looks at new research on this controversial subject.

Published
01 November 2010
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HIV treatment update
Adherence key to reducing genital HIV levels in women

Sub-optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy is the single most important factor associated with genital shedding of HIV in women, investigators report in the online edition of the

Published
12 October 2010
By
Michael Carter
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Does 'real world' study cast doubt on use of HIV treatment as prevention?

Treatment with antiretroviral drugs did not reduce the rate of HIV transmission in serodiscordant heterosexual couples in the Henan province of China, investigators report in the October

Published
07 October 2010
By
Michael Carter
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Modelling study: no condom use after recent viral load test safer than intermittent condom use

In stable gay couples, where one partner is taking HIV treatment and the other is HIV-negative, the risk of HIV transmission is relatively low if condoms are not

Published
07 October 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Treatment for women
Detectable genital HIV shedding associated with cervical infections appears minimal among women taking ART

Results from a small Kenyan study suggest that cervical HIV viral load levels remain low during episodes of cervical infection in HIV-positive women taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). The finding

Published
01 October 2010
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Do the math, say UCLA researchers

A World Health Organization modelling study that suggested a "test-and-treat" strategy did not include the costs of annual HIV testing, prevention programmes and improved health infrastructure.

Published
20 September 2010
From
Press release
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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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