The clippings are stories relevant to the lives of African people living with and affected by HIV. Please select a clipping to read more:
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20-08-2008 |
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Updated British HIV pregnancy guidelines published |
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18-08-2008 |
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Don't use HIV tests bought over the internet, warns UK medicines regulators |
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18-08-2008 |
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Do not use HIV tests bought over the internet, warns UK medicines regulators |
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18-08-2008 |
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Will male circumcision protect women, ask advocates? |
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18-08-2008 |
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`Express care` for ARV starters by nurses decreases clinic congestion, may improve outcomes |
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14-08-2008 |
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Uptake of second-line treatment `stagnant` in developing world |
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14-08-2008 |
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13-08-2008 |
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One in five patients at London clinic are lost to follow up and don’t attend elsewhere in the UK |
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13-08-2008 |
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One in five patients at London clinic are lost to follow up and don’t attend elsewhere in the UK |
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13-08-2008 |
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HIV prevention worker fights deportation |
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12-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Criminalising HIV spread won’t help |
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10-08-2008 |
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Substantial barriers to uptake of HIV testing among African people in England |
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10-08-2008 |
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New data to help target HIV prevention for Africans in England |
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10-08-2008 |
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One third of Africans in England do not feel in control of avoiding HIV infection |
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09-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Seeking Better Laws on H.I.V. |
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08-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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AFRICA: "Terrifying" new HIV/AIDS laws could undermine AIDS fight |
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08-08-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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AFRICA: TB failures threaten HIV treatment gains |
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08-08-2008 |
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Treatment |
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GLOBAL: ARVs as prevention tool sparks debate |
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07-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Red Ribbon Award winners honoured |
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06-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Social exclusion and lack of HIV prevention programmes for men who have sex with men escalating new HIV infections in major cities of the global south |
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06-08-2008 |
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Research |
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AIDS 2008 PLENARY SPEAKERS UNDERSCORE PERSISTENCE OF HIV AS CENTRAL CHALLENGE TO A CURE, URGE FAMILY-CENTERED APPROACH TO AFFECTED CHILDREN AND SEX WORKERS’ RIGHTS |
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06-08-2008 |
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Social Care |
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Vulnerable to H.I.V., Resistant to Labels |
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06-08-2008 |
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New Focus on Children at AIDS Seminar |
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06-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Behavioral Approaches Overlooked in AIDS Fight |
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06-08-2008 |
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Former African Leaders Launch Regional Campaign To Pressure Politicians on HIV/AIDS |
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05-08-2008 |
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Treatment |
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Treatment as a prevention tool: Expansion of highly active anti retroviral therapy programmes could substantially reduce new HIV infections |
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05-08-2008 |
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Prevention |
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MOMENTUM GROWING FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION |
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05-08-2008 |
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Social Care |
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'I pray. But not for myself' |
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05-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Special Session on the global financial architecture for AIDS |
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05-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Activists call for end to laws that ban HIV-infected people from a dozen nations |
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04-08-2008 |
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Prevention |
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UK Africans 'need more HIV help' |
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04-08-2008 |
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Research |
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The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against Aids |
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04-08-2008 |
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Treatment |
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GPs demand right to treat refugees |
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04-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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AIDS 2008 opens in Mexico |
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04-08-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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Invisible men: action urged for gay men in the global South |
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04-08-2008 |
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Prevention |
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LANCET SERIES ON HIV PREVENTION: Press release & press conference |
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04-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Mexican Government Lauded for Allowing Life-Saving |
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04-08-2008 |
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HIV EXPERTS MEASURE PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS, UNDERSCORE CHALLENGES TO MEETING 2010 GOAL OF UNIVERSAL ACCESS |
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03-08-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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Malawi MSM survey reveals very high HIV acquisition and transmission risks |
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03-08-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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US HIV rate 'higher than thought' |
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03-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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Progress and setbacks in AIDS battle |
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03-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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'It's a place I can go for a hug' |
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03-08-2008 |
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Research |
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Press release: International AIDS Society and Partners Recognize Outstanding Young Researchers from Around the World at AIDS 2008 |
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03-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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URGING UNIVERSAL ACTION TO END AIDS, 22,000 ASSEMBLE IN MEXICO CITY FOR START OF THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE |
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01-08-2008 |
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Policy |
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CALL TO COMMITMENT ON HIV/AIDS ASKS MORE FOR WOMEN |
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01-08-2008 |
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Social Care |
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Bishop washes feet of HIV-positive women as faith community reach out to people living with HIV |
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31-07-2008 |
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Vitamin content largely retained in flash-heated breastmilk |
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31-07-2008 |
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Press Release:Positive Leadership Summit – Reclaiming the Advocacy Agenda |
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30-07-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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UNAIDS launches new report on global AIDS epidemic |
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30-07-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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Open letter to the Lancet regarding UNAIDS 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic |
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30-07-2008 |
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Policy |
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US neglecting own black AIDS epidemic |
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30-07-2008 |
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Uganda: Torture Threat for HIV/AIDS Activists |
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28-07-2008 |
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Resistance means ciprofloxacin should no longer be used to treat gonorrhoea in South Africa, says study |
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21-07-2008 |
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Gay men’s HIV prevention in UK must focus on men under 30 and those with large numbers of sexual partners, says Sigma Research |
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21-07-2008 |
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Gay Men’s Sex Survey: new data on knowledge of the law, use of poppers, oral sex and testing for hepatitis C |
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18-07-2008 |
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Genital shedding of HIV in women with undetectable viral load: less of it, but still happening |
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17-07-2008 |
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HIV treatment effective for infants in resource-limited settings |
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17-07-2008 |
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Knowledge of STIs poor in rural Tanzania - associated with risky sex and infection with HIV |
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17-07-2008 |
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Knowledge of STIs poor in rural Tanzania - associated with risky sex and infection with HIV |
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17-07-2008 |
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HIV treatment effective for infants in resource-limited settings |
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17-07-2008 |
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Epidemiology of HIV |
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Genetic variant makes Africans more vulnerable to HIV |
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17-07-2008 |
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Treatment |
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Plans for Human Trial of H.I.V. Vaccine Canceled |
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15-07-2008 |
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Differing causes of lung infections in HIV-positive patients: implications for diagnosis and treatment |
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14-07-2008 |
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Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis cuts risk of death for HIV-positive patients with TB in Zambia |
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11-07-2008 |
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Kenyan woman wins landmark wrongful dismissal case |
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10-07-2008 |
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Policy |
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Kenya: HIV-positive waitress awarded £17,000 compensation after dismissal |
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27-06-2008 |
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Opt-out testing increases HIV counselling and testing rates in South African TB clinics |
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27-06-2008 |
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High-dose amphotericin B speeds clearance of cryptococcus from the brain |
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25-06-2008 |
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Acute kidney failure more common in people newly diagnosed with HIV |
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23-06-2008 |
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Fourteen-week nevirapine prophylaxis for infants reduces postnatal HIV infection |
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20-06-2008 |
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HIV and hepatitis coinfection in Africa: studies provide conflicting prevalence data |
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11-06-2008 |
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Opt-out testing greatly expanded in new UK HIV testing guidelines, now open for consultation |
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11-06-2008 |
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Good anti-HIV treatment outcomes for children in conflict zones |
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10-06-2008 |
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Over 40% of gay men with HIV in UK are undiagnosed, 60% believing they do not have HIV |
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29-05-2008 |
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Low rate of toxicity-related treatment change suggests HIV treatment tolerable in the long-term |
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28-05-2008 |
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Oral HIV tests yield accurate results in southern Africa |
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28-05-2008 |
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Policy |
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ANGOLA: Should intentional infection be a crime? |
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27-05-2008 |
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Deportation from UK of refused HIV-positive asylum seeker to Uganda does not breach human rights, European Court rules |
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22-05-2008 |
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Regular CD4 monitoring, big rise in HIV diagnosis, key to reducing AIDS death rate |
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21-05-2008 |
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Shorter TB treatment regimens would provide survival benefit in high HIV-prevalence regions: mathematical model |
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20-05-2008 |
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Adherence predicts viral failure just as well as CD4 count change, South African study shows |
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19-05-2008 |
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Survival after cryptococcal meningitis not improving despite ART in Uganda |
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16-05-2008 |
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Mother-to-child transmission in UK and Ireland has remained below 2% since 1998 |
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14-05-2008 |
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BHIVA: Starting ART earlier has cost implications, public health benefits, says HPA |
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12-05-2008 |
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Death rate in Malawi falls by up to 35% due to free HIV treatment |
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10-05-2008 |
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Circumcision and partner reduction should be priorities for HIV prevention, say US researchers |
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25-04-2008 |
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Clinical monitoring as effective as CD4 count and viral load for deciding when to switch to second-line ART in poor countries |
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24-04-2008 |
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Pharmacokinetics of paediatric Triomune fixed-dose formulations appear appropriate in African children |
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22-04-2008 |
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Daily micronutrients of some benefit for HIV-positive patients receiving TB treatment |
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18-04-2008 |
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Two cases of HIV and simian foamy virus coinfection reported |
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17-04-2008 |
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ART recommended for all with CD4 counts below 350, say South African doctors |
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16-04-2008 |
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Ruling in High Court gives right to free NHS care to refused asylum seekers |
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15-04-2008 |
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Kenya: government to roll out circumcision |
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15-04-2008 |
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Policy |
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Ruling in High Court gives right to free NHS care to refused asylum seekers |
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11-04-2008 |
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Don't use azithromycin for gonorrhoea: six cases of high-level resistance in the UK |
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10-04-2008 |
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HIV prevention studies in Africa: it's important to ask about anal sex |
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31-03-2008 |
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Cotrimoxazole for children with HIV highly cost-effective |
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28-03-2008 |
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Gay men in UK urged to have at least one HIV test a year |
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26-03-2008 |
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Immune reconstitution seen in 10% of South Africans starting HIV treatment |
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26-03-2008 |
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Study confirms cost-effectiveness of STI management in HIV control |
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25-03-2008 |
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Researchers discover why salmonella is so dangerous for people with HIV |
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19-03-2008 |
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Guidelines on prosecuting criminal HIV transmission for England & Wales finally published |
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18-03-2008 |
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HIV disclosure rates higher for gay men than Africans in London |
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14-03-2008 |
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Mycoplasma infection linked to HIV shedding from cervix |
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12-03-2008 |
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HIV-1 infection greatly increased the risk of neutrophil depletion following antimalarial treatment with artesunate plus amodiaquine in Ugandan children |
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29-02-2008 |
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Home-based HIV care in Uganda has excellent results |
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25-02-2008 |
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CD4 Select: an inexpensive, accurate new CD4 assay may benefit resource-limited settings |
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22-02-2008 |
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CROI: Recent infection responsible for one-quarter of HIV transmission amongst London's gay men |
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22-02-2008 |
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Decriminalise reckless HIV transmission, argues HIV legal expert |
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21-02-2008 |
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Herpes treatment in Africa: time for a rethink? |
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20-02-2008 |
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HIV and malaria important causes of maternal death, African study shows |
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20-02-2008 |
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GSK cuts abacavir price by 31% for developing countries |
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14-02-2008 |
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CROI: Married people should be primary target for HIV prevention in Uganda, national study shows |
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14-02-2008 |
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South Africa: updated PMTCT guidelines still lag behind international standards, say experts |
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13-02-2008 |
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CROI: Region of origin and gender significant in long-term changes in CD4 cell count during effective HIV therapy |
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31-01-2008 |
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Patients who start anti-HIV treatment with a low CD4 cell count have a good chance of an undetectable viral load |
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31-01-2008 |
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WHO expert panel wants fewer second-line ART choices |
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30-01-2008 |
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HIV risk growing among sub-Saharan Africa's least educated |
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28-01-2008 |
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Key European committee gives the nod to new Kaletra tablet for kids |
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25-01-2008 |
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Spread of HIV continues in rural areas of Tanzania |
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25-01-2008 |
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UK sexual health clinics may be missing recent HIV infections in gay men |
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24-01-2008 |
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Raltegravir now available for UK patients |
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17-01-2008 |
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Voluntary counselling and testing for couples: successes in Zambia |
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17-01-2008 |
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Targeted HIV research and care programmes may improve care for all pregnant women in Zambian clinics |
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17-01-2008 |
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Kenya: Drug resistance risk as displaced HIV patients skip ARV doses |
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17-01-2008 |
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Higher mortality in HIV-positive and HIV-negative children born to mothers with lower CD4 cell counts |
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17-01-2008 |
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Two XDR TB cases reported in Botswana |
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14-01-2008 |
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Rash, swollen glands and fever associated with acute HIV infection in infants |
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11-01-2008 |
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MSM in Kenya urgently require targeted HIV prevention |
