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No Money, No CD4 Tests
Swaziland is still short of lab reagents needed for CD4 count testing, which is used to initiate and monitor patients on antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive people are growing increasingly frustrated as the country enters its fourth month without...
HIV Traps Indonesian Women And Girls in Poverty
The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent UN Development Programme (UNDP) report.
Study Suggests Early ART in Recently HIV-infected Patients Preferable to Delayed Treatment
Among people recently infected with HIV, immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART) appears preferable to deferring treatment, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online. Although the benefits of ART...
‘Pep Talk’ Can Revive Immune Cells Exhausted By Chronic Viral Infection
Chronic infections by viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C eventually take hold because they wear the immune system out, a phenomenon immunologists describe as exhaustion. Yet exhausted immune cells can be revived after the introduction of fresh cells that...
UCLA Researchers Suggest Unconventional Approach to Control HIV Epidemics
A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown great promise in recent phase 3 clinical trials,...
Criminalization of Sex Work in Rwanda Hinders HIV Prevention Efforts
Sex workers in Rwanda say the criminalization of their activities, combined with their general isolation from society, means they are often excluded from HIV prevention, treatment and care opportunities.
Lack of Resources, Political Will Slows Uganda’s Male Circumcision Progress
Ugandan men have been seeking medical male circumcision in droves since the government launched a national policy in 2010, but the health system is not equipped to handle the caseload, slowing down the potential HIV prevention benefits of the campaign.
United States Donates Record $56m To Ramp Up HIV Nutrition Activities In Ethiopia
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a $56 million donation from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that will dramatically increase resources for programs in Ethiopia providing vital nutrition...
