HIV/AIDS Topics IAS 2015: Peer-Led Intervention Lowers HIV Infections Among Drug Injectors in Ukraine
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 08 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A cluster-randomized trial in Ukraine has shown that a peer education project reduced new HIV infections in people who inject drugs by 41%, researchers reported at the recent 8th Eighth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver.
Needle Exchange May Have Prevented More Than 100 New HIV Infections in D.C.
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 08 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A federal policy change allowing funding of syringe exchange programs in Washington, DC, averted 120 new HIV infections relative to the number that likely would have occurred had the funding ban remained in place, saving approximately $44 million, according to a mathematical modeling study published in the September 4 edition of AIDS and Behavior. "Our study adds to the evidence that needle exchange programs not only work but are cost-effective investments in the battle against HIV," said lead author Monica Ruiz.
IAS 2015: PrEP Adherence, Sexual Behavior, and HIV and STI Incidence [VIDEO]
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Wednesday, 02 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
An open-label Truvada pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project, which included more than 500 mostly gay and bisexual men in San Francisco, Miami, and Washington, DC, showed that adherence was generally good overall -- especially among people at highest risk for HIV infection -- but there were some important disparities, researchers reported at the recent 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Vancouver.
IAS 2015: Gay Men Are Using Nuanced Sero-adaptive Behaviors to Prevent HIV Infection
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- Category: HIV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Wednesday, 02 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
There is evidence that some groups of Australian and American gay men are considering HIV-positive partners’ undetectable viral load and the time elapsed since an HIV-negative partner last tested when making decisions about using condoms, according to studies presented at the recent 8th International AIDS Society Conference in Vancouver.
No New HIV Infections Seen Over 2.5 Years in Kaiser San Francisco PrEP Program
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Wednesday, 02 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The number of people accessing Truvada pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through the large Kaiser Permanente San Francisco healthcare system has increased dramatically since 2012, and no new HIV infections have been reported so far, according to study results published in the September 1 advance edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were high -- reaching 50% after a year on PrEP -- and some gay men reported a drop-off in condom use, but PrEP offers an opportunity for timely STI diagnosis and treatment, the researchers said.
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