A United Nations report shows deaths and new HIV infections down 21% since the global peak. WebMD Health News
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This post in the Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” blog examines a report by the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that offers six recommended treatment and prevention research priorities to U.S. Global AIDS Ambassador Eric Goosby and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) to guide future PEPFAR programs.
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The TB Alliance announces the launch of a collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) to conduct and help complete a Phase III clinical trial testing potentially faster-acting tuberculosis (TB) treatments.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The United States will, for the first time, make it a policy goal to have an “AIDS-free generation” in the near future, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced.
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A topically applied microbicide gel containing a potent anti-HIV drug has been found to significantly reduce infection when applied to rectal tissue that was subsequently exposed to HIV in the laboratory, according to a new study by the UCLA AIDS Institute.
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A new study published online in the journal AIDS uses mathematical models to predict the potential impact of treating discordant couples with antiretroviral therapy, according to a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health press release.
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Newer drugs are credited with better HIV control and improved AIDS rate in Europe. Medscape Medical News
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In this RH Reality Check opinion piece, Matthew Kavanagh, director of U.S. advocacy at Health GAP (Global Access Project), and Dazon Dixon Diallo, founder and president of SisterLove, Incorporated, write, “With proof that treatment is prevention, and with this basket of broader prevention options, scientists and economists have finally been able to show what few [...]
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Investments to keep 3.5 million people living with HIV on antiretroviral drugs provided by programs co-financed through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through 2020 will cost an estimated $14.2 billion, but “the financial savings would amount to between $12 billion and $34 billion,” according to a study published in the journal [...]
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A group of committed AIDS activists and advocates are expected to participate in a protest and “die-in” hosted by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Friday, September 30th at 12:30 pm near the New Brunswick headquarters of Johnson & Johnson to protest the company’s pricing of its HIV/AIDS medications.
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