HIV Policy & Advocacy
CROI 2017: Accelerated Linkage to HIV Care Improves Retention by a Third
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2017 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Close to 60% of adults benefitting from point-of-care CD4 cell count testing at HIV testing sites, accelerated antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, and SMS appointment reminders were retained in care after 1 year, compared to just 44% of those receiving the standard of care in Mozambique, according to findings from the Engage4Health study presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2017) in Seattle.
CROI 2017: Test and Treat Study Shows Second Phase Is Finding More People with HIV
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2017 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
After a second wave of intensive household testing, a large study of the "test and treat" strategy in Zambia is diagnosing more people with HIV, getting more people onto treatment, and reducing the time between diagnosis and starting treatment, findings from the PopART study presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2017) show.
HIV Glasgow: New $90-$90-$90 Target Needed for Global Viral Hepatitis, HIV, and TB Treatment
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- Category: Drug Pricing & Patents
- Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
The costs of making drugs to treat viral hepatitis, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) are now so low that each disease could be treated for less than $90, Andrew Hill of St. Stephen’s AIDS Trust said at the opening plenary of the International Congress of Drug Therapy in HIV Infection this week in Glasgow.
CROI 2017: Peer Navigators Improve Linkage to HIV Care and Retention in South African Study
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Sunday, 19 March 2017 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Adults recently diagnosed with HIV who get help from peers to address personal barriers to care together with SMS check-in messages, appointment, and healthy living reminders had nearly twice the odds of being retained in care at 1 year of follow-up compared to those getting standard care at primary health clinics in South Africa according to findings presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Donors Pledge $13 Billion to Replenish Global Fund
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Tuesday, 20 September 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
International donors committed to provide $12.9 billion over 3 years for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria at the fund's fifth replenishment conference, held last week in Montreal. "This replenishment is an enormous contribution to our collective ambition of ending AIDS," said UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibé.
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