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Young people receiving HIV treatment in SA increase 10-fold
Results of a study of more than 700,000 one to 19-year olds being treated for HIV infection suggests a ten-fold increase in the number...
Malawi: point-of-care testing results in more switches from failing treatment
Point-of-care viral load testing resulted in higher rates of switching and shorter periods on failing treatment than laboratory-based viral load testing in rural Malawi...
Benin: No sign of risk compensation in sex workers starting PrEP
Researchers found no evidence that female sex workers in Benin engaged in higher-risk behaviours after starting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). A novel methodology was used...
HIV/Aids: "Not the moment for complacency and triumphalism"
Now is not the time to get stuck in complacency and triumphalism over the gains made in the global HIV/Aids response, former president of...
SSA 'test and treat' programmes stumble
Programmes to scale-up HIV testing and treatment in countries in sub-Saharan Africa may have had less impact on new HIV infections than hoped, partly...
HIV increases risk of atrial fibrillation
HIV infection significantly increases the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) – one of the most important causes of irregular heartbeats and a leading cause...
PrEP reduces HIV diagnosis rates in US cities by almost 16%
A study that compared pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) usage rates in 19 US cities with the rates of HIV diagnosis has found that the cities...
Important to monitor kidney function in HIV patients doing well
The prevalence of impaired kidney function is low among white HIV-positive individuals with an undetectable viral load, Danish investigators report. However, the rate...
ART adherence — Is the gold standard still needed for viral suppression?
The levels of adherence to antiretroviral (ARV) regimens needed to achieve and maintain HIV viral suppression may be lower today than they previously were,...
Teams fail to replicate 2016 results that claimed HIV 'cure' in monkeys
Three separate and independent teams of researchers in the United States attempted to replicate the results of a team that, back in 2016, claimed to...
Only a fraction of European men who want PrEP have taken it
A survey of close to 128,0000 gay and bisexual men living across Europe shows that just 3.3% have ever taken pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), although...
Statin treatment and exercise benefits for HIV-positive people
Statin treatment and physical exercise – including resistance training and cardiovascular workouts – has a range of benefits for HIV-positive people with high blood...
TB clusters show where HIV treatment is missing in South Africa
Clusters of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) provide strong evidence of areas that need to be prioritised for improved antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage, and...
'Alarming' rates of second-line HIV treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa
The number of people failing second-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) is reaching “alarming” levels in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with failure more common in the first...
Decline in suicides since introduction of cART, but rate remains high
An analysis of deaths over thirty years in Switzerland shows that suicides fell dramatically after 1996, but have not declined further in men in...
Dolutegravir for younger children: results from the ODYSSEY trial
Dolutegravir (DTG) dosed according to World Health Organisation (WHO) weight bands in children weighing 10 kg to 20 kg, achieved similar concentrations to adults...
Age-related policies and laws limit PrEP access where its needed the most
Access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for young people at risk of HIV remains limited because of age-related consent laws and policies, reveals a global...
Continued surveillance needed to improve ART safety for pregnant women
Despite prospective cohort trials not producing evidence of an increased risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) with dolutegravir (DTG), elvitegravir and raltegravir, or bictegravir,...
Financial incentives for education help to improve HIV prevention
Financial incentives linked to education help Eswatini to find an innovative way of preventing HIV infections and pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women...
Voluntary licensing agreements transforming HIV treatment
In 2014, ViiV Healthcare, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic, and the Medicines Patent Pool, an organisation funded primarily by Unitaid...
HIV risk 8-times higher for those stopping PrEP
In a large cohort of people taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in San Francisco, the rate at which they contracted HIV was nearly eight times...
WHO updates recommendation for PrEP as HIV prevention option for MSM
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its recommendation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to include event-driven PrEP taken before and after sex – also...
Alarming surge in resistance to crucial HIV drugs uncovered
Health authorities have uncovered an alarming surge in resistance to crucial HIV drugs. Surveys by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveal that, in the...
How poverty, violence and inequality play a part in HIV risk
Andrew Gibbs, senior specialist scientist: Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council writes in The Conversation:
“It’s obvious that men’s practices and...
Australia reports considerable reduction in new HIV diagnoses among MSM
In Australia the annual HIV diagnosis rate declined by nearly 25% over five years and hit a low in 2018 not seen since 2001....
CRISPR technology used to eliminate HIV virus in living mice
Researchers say they’re one step closer to finding a potential cure for HIV after successfully eliminating the virus in living mice for the first...
Major TB reduction impossible without expansion of ART coverage
Tuberculosis incidence in sub-Saharan Africa is falling too slowly to meet global targets of an 80% reduction by 2030, and where incidence is falling,...
Older, anonymous partners pose more HIV infection risk for adolescent girls in SA
South African research has found that adolescent girls and young women (aged 13-23) were more than twice as likely to be infected with HIV...
Preschools must do more to support children living with HIV
Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, children living with HIV are likely to live much longer than they would without treatment. They will go to school...
No neuro-developmental harm to uninfected infants from ARVs
In the first five years of life the neurological development of HIV-exposed but uninfected infants, exposed to maternal antiretrovirals before and after birth and...
Invasive cervical cancer rates high in women living with HIV in Africa and Latin America
A study has found that rates of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) are particularly high in women living with HIV in South Africa or Latin...
PrEP reduces HIV infections by over 95% in US 'real world' study
A study of people prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) over a four-year period at a large centre in Los Angeles has found that HIV incidence...
Injectable contraceptive does not raise HIV risk — large trial
A large clinical research study conducted in four African countries found no significant difference in risk of HIV infection among women using one of...
Mapping intervention strategies to improving men's HIV testing
HIV testing serves as a critical gateway for linkage and retention to care services. This is also key to improving the health and well-being...
Three studies nudging the frontiers of HIV prevention
There are an estimated 5,000 new HIV transmissions every day. About 70% of the 37m people living with HIV globally are in sub-Saharan Africa....
Following Tx interruption, most children recover immunologically
Just over one in ten (12%) children and adolescents living with HIV in Europe and Thailand take a break from antiretroviral treatment, usually as...
Higher drop-out rates at community-based adherence clubs
Antiretroviral treatment adherence club drop-out rates were significantly higher for people attending community-based clubs compared to clinic-based clubs, reveals a study from South Africa....
Testing for HIV has doubled diagnosis rates — CDC
Tracing and offering HIV tests to exposed partners and children of people living with the virus led to twice the rate of positive tests...
Preventing drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV
With an estimated annual incidence rate of 13.9 to 24 per 100,000 inhabitants, drug-induced liver injury (DILI) the leading cause of acute liver failure...
Churches can help increase HIV testing in South African men
An HIV testing campaign conducted within South African churches successfully recruited 43% of the congregation for HIV testing on campaign days and was most...