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  • FDA Panel Says Yes to Home HIV Test

    MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
    15 May 2012 | 5:57 pm
    (MedPage Today) -- GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee has voted 17-0 to recommend approval of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. If approved, it will be the first over-the-counter home HIV test.

  • HIV Prevention Pill Receives FDA Panel Support

    HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
    12 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    On Thursday, a panel of outside experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to support approval of the daily pill Truvada to prevent HIV in healthy people...

  • Truvada PrEP, Gilead, AHF's Bizarre Attack: Our statement to the FDA

    AIDS Treatment News
    John S James
    27 Apr 2012 | 7:18 pm
    Submitted to the FDA today, April 27, 2012, by John S. James, AIDS Treatment News: I strongly support approval of Truvada for PrEP. In the large iPrEx study of men who have sex with men, "No one in iPrEx acquired HIV infection with a drug level that would have been expected with daily dosing" (Dr. Robert Grant, PI, CROI 2011, http://bit.ly/grjVUg). I reported the details exactly a year ago, at http://aidsnews.blogspot.com/2011/04/hiv-prep-explained-critical-prevention.html The strongest argument against approval is that the mediocre intent-to-treat results reflect the real world, where…

  • Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies

    HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association...

  • People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death

    MedicineNet Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV, AIDS) Specialty
    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Title: People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac DeathCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/14/2012 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
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    AIDS Treatment News

  • Truvada PrEP, Gilead, AHF's Bizarre Attack: Our statement to the FDA

    John S James
    27 Apr 2012 | 7:18 pm
    Submitted to the FDA today, April 27, 2012, by John S. James, AIDS Treatment News: I strongly support approval of Truvada for PrEP. In the large iPrEx study of men who have sex with men, "No one in iPrEx acquired HIV infection with a drug level that would have been expected with daily dosing" (Dr. Robert Grant, PI, CROI 2011, http://bit.ly/grjVUg). I reported the details exactly a year ago, at http://aidsnews.blogspot.com/2011/04/hiv-prep-explained-critical-prevention.html The strongest argument against approval is that the mediocre intent-to-treat results reflect the real world, where…

  • Act Up-Paris on pharmaceutical data exclusivity, ACTA

    John S James
    7 Feb 2012 | 1:13 pm
    Please find below Act Up-Paris question to Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for trade during a European Commission Civil society dialogue meeting* on trade, growth and development, that took place today in Brussels. * there was more industry representative than NGOs in the room.Best, Pauline-- "Mr De Gucht.I represent Act Up-Paris, an organisation of people living with HIV based in France. But today, I bring you a message from hundreds of groups worldwide that have signed a call of action to denounce the European Commission's deadly trade policy. For four years you have…

  • Russia: World AIDS Day ITPC events, patients need tenofovir

    John S James
    9 Dec 2011 | 1:05 pm
    December 1, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG FlASHMOB AND STARS December 1, 2011. The following activists and volunteers of non-governmental organizations in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region joined together for an unprecedented event associated with the World AIDS Day under the slogan “Know and Live”: E.V.A. Non-Profit Partnership to increase the quality of life for women living with and affected by HIV-infection and other socially significant diseases,MadStyleGroup Creative Holding, MadMedia Communication Project, Dance4life Social Project, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition…

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    John S James
    11 Aug 2011 | 11:30 pm

  • HIV PrEP Explained: Critical Prevention Opportunity

    John S James
    25 Apr 2011 | 3:13 pm
    by John S. James, AIDS Treatment News, April 25, 2011 The Good News In late 2010 the New England Journal of Medicine published an authoritative report of a trial of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in over 2,000 HIV-negative but high-risk gay men, showing that one pill a day of the approved HIV medicine Truvada could prevent HIV infection.[1] Science magazine listed this study as one of the top 10 achievements of 2010 [2]; and President Obama issued a statement about this trial.[3] For background, see [4]. The headline result is that Truvada was 44% effective (compared to placebo) in…
 
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    HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today

  • Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association...

  • Tenofovir Safe For HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers

    15 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Tenofovir, the anti-HIV drug, is safe to use during pregnancy according to a new study published in PloS Medicine. The researchers, led by Diana Gibb from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London, UK, found that the drug does not increase the risk of kidney problems, birth defects or growth abnormalities in infants born to HIV-positive women in Africa...

  • People With HIV/AIDS May Be More Prone To Sudden Cardiac Death

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    What is the connection, if any, between sudden cardiac death and people with HIV/AIDS? And can that knowledge help prolong their lives? In a comprehensive, 10-year UCSF study, researchers found patients with HIV/AIDS suffered sudden cardiac death at a rate four times higher than the general population...

  • HIV Prevention Pill Receives FDA Panel Support

    12 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    On Thursday, a panel of outside experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to support approval of the daily pill Truvada to prevent HIV in healthy people...

  • Innovative Model Of Safer Indoor Sex Work Spaces Promote Health And Safety Of Street-Based Sex Workers

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Safer indoor sex work spaces provide important and potentially life-saving benefits to sex workers including reduced exposure to violence and HIV and improved relationships with police, according to a study published by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC)...
 
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    HIV/AIDS Skepticism

  • Spinning Truvada

    Henry Bauer
    15 May 2012 | 3:31 pm
    Propaganda and spin seek to mislead without actually lying. Drug companies have mastered this strategy to a notable degree. Take the case of Truvada. As my previous post discussed, the data submitted as showing tenofovir successful in preventing “HIV transmission” don’t actually support the claim; and years of experience of using Truvada to treat “HIV infection” have shown that it is toxic, particularly to the kidneys. Those unpleasant facts are hidden in plain view by adept techniques of spin. For example,  statistically non-significant results are displayed as though they were…

  • Unlimited insanity: Truvada to prevent HIV

    Henry Bauer
    13 May 2012 | 7:45 am
    In my memoir of serving as an academic dean, I had written “I would find myself thinking, Now I’ve seen everything; nothing can surprise me anymore, only to experience a novel surprise the next day or the next week”. That’s how I’ve been feeling the last few days as the media have being hyping the approval by the Food and Drug Administration of prescribing Truvada to prevent HIV infection — administering Truvada to perfectly healthy people as supposed prevention. Truvada is emtricitabine (FTC) plus tenofovir (TDF). In “HAART is toxic: Mainstream concedes it, in backhanded…

  • Internet anonymity reflects toilet training

    Henry Bauer
    24 Apr 2012 | 7:24 pm
    it isn’t a coincidence that since the internet became ubiquitous, toilet graffiti have almost disappeared — James Meek, Short Cuts, London Review of Books, 3 November 2011 reprinted as “Reading with a crowd”, Authors Guild Bulletin, Fall 2011/Winter 2012, p. 42

  • Doing harm to babies

    Henry Bauer
    12 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    For me, the most harrowing consequence of HIV/AIDS theory is that babies are subjected to lifelong damage by antiretroviral treatments; even if they do not die early from immediate toxic effects of the drugs, they experience irreversible damage to the mitochondria which are the energy centers of all our cells (Hidden in plain sight: The damage done by antiretroviral drugs, 2011/07/25). Babies are damaged in this way not only if they happen to be HIV-positive: they are subjected to antiretroviral toxins already in utero if their mothers happen to be HIV-positive — despite the evidence…

  • Ruggiero sues anonymous vigilante group

    Henry Bauer
    24 Mar 2012 | 1:11 pm
    For a detailed account of what is happening at the University of Florence and Professor Ruggiero’s legal suit against anonymous smears, listen to the podcast of Ruggiero’s interview with Celia Farber and David Rasnick (alternative link here). Ruggiero gives an informative summary also of what led to his work on probiotics.
 
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    AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs

  • South Africa: Resubmit Proposals for Sex Actually 2012

    16 May 2012 | 4:12 am
    [Biz-Community] Drama for Life is requesting artists to resubmit proposals for Sex Actually 2012. This is due to technical problems on the website. Drama for Life apologises for the inconvenience and has consequently extended the entry deadline to 21 May 2012.

  • Nigeria: 'HIV/AIDS On the Increase in Abia'

    16 May 2012 | 4:08 am
    [Daily Trust] Umuahia - Project Manager of the Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS in the state, Dr Sam Ohaeri yesterday said the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the state has increased from three per cent to almost ten per cent.

  • Kenya: Bunyala Gets Relief Food

    15 May 2012 | 11:04 am
    [The Star] THE Ministry of Special Programmes through the Bunyala District Disaster Management Committee has distributed relief food to people living with Hiv/Aids and orphaned vulnerable children from Ruambwa sub location in Bunyala East location.

  • Africa: GBCHealth Conference Introduces MDG Health Alliance

    15 May 2012 | 8:59 am
    [GBCHealth] NEW YORK CITY (May 15, 2012) - The MDG Health Alliance, an innovative new private sector organization created and led by eminent business leaders to tackle urgent global health problems, was introduced today in the United States at the GBCHealth Conference.

  • Zimbabwe: Nacs ARV Programme Not Free Entitlement for Those Affording

    15 May 2012 | 8:29 am
    [The Herald] The National Aids Council is worried about the growing gap in funding anti-retroviral drugs for people living with HIV.
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    Yahoo! Health News

  • Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier

    LAURAN NEERGAARD
    16 May 2012 | 6:23 am
    Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.

  • Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends

    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    (HealthDay News) -- Don't become a couch potato just because your doctor's prescription for physical therapy has run out.

  • FDA Panel Backs At-Home HIV Test

    <b>Randy Dotinga</b><BR/><i>HealthDay Reporter</i>
    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday approval of the first HIV test that would give people the results in the privacy of their own home.

  • Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?

    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    (HealthDay News) -- Washing your hands is among the best and easiest ways to prevent infection and the spread of germs.

  • High blood pressure affects 1 in 3: WHO

    16 May 2012 | 4:27 am
    One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key cause of strokes and heart disease, according to World Health Organisation figures released on Wednesday.
 
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    MedPage Today HIV/AIDS

  • FDA Panel Says Yes to Home HIV Test

    15 May 2012 | 5:57 pm
    (MedPage Today) -- GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee has voted 17-0 to recommend approval of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. If approved, it will be the first over-the-counter home HIV test.

  • HIV Linked to Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (CME/CE)

    15 May 2012 | 11:36 am
    (MedPage Today) -- People with HIV have more than four times the risk of sudden cardiac death than the general population, researchers reported.

  • FDA Staff Flags False Results of Home HIV Test

    14 May 2012 | 4:12 pm
    WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- FDA reviewers expressed concern over the risk of false negative and false positive results if the agency approved the first-ever over-the-counter at-home HIV test.

  • FDA Panel Endorses 'Quad' Pill for HIV

    11 May 2012 | 2:31 pm
    (MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The FDA's Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee has voted 13 to 1 to recommend approval of Gilead Sciences' new single-pill, once-daily regimen for HIV treatment.

  • FDA Panel Says Yes to HIV Prevention Pill

    10 May 2012 | 6:54 pm
    (MedPage Today) -- An anti-HIV combination pill should be approved to prevent HIV infection in healthy people, an FDA advisory committee agreed overwhelmingly Thursday.
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    AIDS.gov blog

  • Digital Storytelling: A Community Tool to End HIV Stigma

    Mindy Nichamin
    15 May 2012 | 5:08 pm
    By Mindy Nichamin, AIDS.gov New Media CoordinatorAt AIDS.gov we’ve been thinking a lot about the power of storytelling. In the HIV community, everyone has a story to bring to the table, and more people are sharing theirs with new media. Many tools are available to help to facilitate storytelling and have conversations around HIV. One example of a tool used to share stories with social media is Storify , a website that gathers tweets, blog posts, online videos, photos, news articles, and more from around the web and places them into a single post, or “story.” It provides a space where…

  • May 19 Is Hepatitis Testing Day

    Ronald Valdiserri
    14 May 2012 | 4:08 pm
    By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Cynthia Jorgensen, Dr.P.H., Lead, Education and Training, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention During May’s annual observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month, May 19th will be recognized as the first-ever Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. The Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan) called for the…

  • Giving Mothers a Very Special Gift

    Eric Goosby
    13 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    By Eric Goosby, Ambassador, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (Cross-posted from DipNote U.S. Department of State Official Blog)What is the greatest gift we can give a mother this Mother’s Day? There are many answers, but one is to help her live and help her children live a healthy life. As we celebrate Mother’s Day and think about mothers around the world, the American people are working through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to make every day Mother’s Day. This program is quietly saving lives every day, restoring the health and hope of…

  • Interested in Hosting an AIDS 2012 HUB? Help is Available.

    AIDS.gov
    11 May 2012 | 4:52 pm
    By AIDS.govMore than 20,000. That’s the number of delegates that are expected to attend AIDS 2012. According to organizers, the conference received 11,715 abstracts from scientists around the world seeking to showcase their research at the conference. That is a 15% increase from the 2010 conference in Vienna, Austria. After a rigorous peer review process, the Scientific Programme Committee accepted 3,600 abstracts for presentations. Activity in the Global Village is also up; conference organizers accepted 280 program activity proposals for inclusion in this year’s Global Village, a 27%…

  • Perinatal Hepatitis B: What Every Mom Should Know

    Corinna Dan
    10 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    By Corinna Dan, R.N., M.P.H., Viral Hepatitis Policy Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesCorinna Dan As we approach Mother’s Day this Sunday and then observe Women’s Health Week (May 13-19), it is an excellent opportunity to focus on actions that can be taken to improve the health and well-being of mothers and their infants. Since May is also Hepatitis Awareness Month, I would like to highlight perinatal hepatitis B transmission and the actions needed to eliminate this preventable disease. An estimated 1.4 million…
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    Peter Staley

  • Meth Use Drops 50% In 5 Years

    Peter Staley
    14 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    Following up the good news I reported two years ago that meth use had declined among gay men in some U.S. cities, our National Drug Control Policy director recently announced some more good news.

  • ACT UP = LOVE

    Peter Staley
    18 Apr 2012 | 12:45 pm
    For those that only watched ACT UP from a distance or via TV news reports in the late '80s and early '90s, you probably only remember the anger and determination the group was famous for. But being part of it was so much more. The emotional cauldron that ignited and stoked ACT UP in those early years brought out the best in all of us, creating a potent sense of brotherhood and sisterhood I doubt I'll ever feel to that extent again.

  • How I Never Miss A Dose

    Peter Staley
    12 Apr 2012 | 10:55 am
    If you're HIV positive, then I'm sure you've experienced the same bit of panic I've had when I realize, half a day later, I've forgotten to take my HIV meds. I've finally got a system in place for my twice-a-day regimen that's cut way down on these panicky moments.

  • Sneak Peek At HOW TO SURVIVE...

    Peter Staley
    30 Mar 2012 | 11:38 am
    Check out this two-part interview that was broadcast last week on Democracy Now, the 'daily independent global news hour' with Amy Goodman, including extended clips from HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE.

  • Obama, Evolve After November 6th

    Peter Staley
    19 Mar 2012 | 10:19 am
    Evolve already! That's what many gay activists and bloggers are insisting. Obama must come out and support gay marriage now, during the election. What's the rush?
 
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    The Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University

  • Teaching in practice, in Rwanda

    Editor
    14 May 2012 | 12:59 pm
    In Hands-on Medical Education in Rwanda, The New York Times today reports on collaborative work in medical education with the Global Health Delivery course taught in Rwanda by faculty from our founding organizations, the Division of Global Health and Social … Continue reading →

  • OpenMRS Implementers: Experiences and Lessons Learned

    Marie Connelly
    9 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    Many clinical organizations are working to implement an electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) to digitize their work and improve the care they can provide. However, many have questions about how to choose an EMR and how … Continue reading →

  • World Malaria Day: A public health disaster about to happen?

    Sophie Beauvais
    25 Apr 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. There were 216 million cases of malaria in 2010, 81% of these were in the WHO African. (WHO 2011) Since the mid-2000s, the treatment of choice against malaria, a mosquito-borne … Continue reading →

  • “Lean in” – The need to recognize a sense of innovation

    Amy Scheffler
    23 Apr 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Over 2,200 individuals from 50 states and 50+ countries convened for “a meeting of minds:” the Global Health and Innovation Conference (GHIC), at Yale University this past weekend. “How can you make change?” Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer for Acumen … Continue reading →

  • Tremendous news: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank

    Rebecca Weintraub
    17 Apr 2012 | 6:28 am
    We are thrilled to hear of Jim Yong Kim’s selection by the 25-member panel of the World Bank. Our excitement stems from our understanding of Jim as a leader and his legacy to date. It comes from seeing the potential … Continue reading →
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    Regan Hofmann

  • Doohnibor: That's "Robinhood" Backwards, or Taking from the Poor to Give to the Rich

    Regan Hofmann
    27 Apr 2012 | 10:47 am
    How is it that we must choose between the ability to educate future generations affordably and keep them safe from preventable diseases? The GOP-sponsored bill to keep student interest rates from doubling comes at a huge price to preventive health dollars.

  • Life and Death

    Regan Hofmann
    24 Mar 2012 | 9:44 am
    If my doctor had told me I'd live to see the 30th anniversary of AIDS, when I was diagnosed 15 years ago, I wouldn't have believed him.

  • Will Borrowing From PEPFAR Kill Paul?

    Regan Hofmann
    17 Feb 2012 | 2:45 pm
    President Barack Obama has called for an 'AIDS-free generation.' He wants the beginning of the end of AIDS to be one of his legacies. But does his proposed FY 2013 federal budget enable those things? Read and weep...

  • The Shit People Say About AIDS...

    Regan Hofmann
    11 Feb 2012 | 1:11 pm
    I confess. I am totally addicted to the 'Shit People Say' YouTube phenomenon. It started with 'Shit Girls Say' and went wildly viral from there.

  • Why AIDS Can't Lose in the Super Bowl

    Regan Hofmann
    2 Feb 2012 | 1:19 pm
    AIDS Action Committee bets GMHC over the Super Bowl to help people with HIV.
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    POZ HIV/AIDS Web Exclusives

  • Stories From the Quilt

    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The 47,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt are a tangible demonstration of love and loss, life and determination. Here are seven stories from the Quilt.

  • A Bronx Tale

    30 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    After her mother died of AIDS, native New Yorker Shacazia Brown took a look around and saw that many more children like her were struggling without support, so she decided to do something about it.

  • The Voice of a Generation

    22 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Jamar Rogers, the 30-year-old HIV-positive contestant on NBC's singing competition The Voice, has quickly become a fan favorite. Although he certainly has the musical talent to back up the support he has amassed, it is his candid interviews about his previous drug use and his inspirational insights on living life that have captivated the HIV community.  

  • Tinderbox Author Hopes to Ignite Dialogue About HIV Prevention

    15 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Tinderbox, a new book coauthored by journalist Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin, PhD, compares colonialism’s role in the early spread of HIV in Africa with today’s international efforts to combat the virus. In a provocative move, Halperin and Timberg juxtapose present-day international HIV experts with cutthroat, profit-driven colonials.

  • A Piece of Me

    11 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The National Disease Research Interchange is one of the only nationwide programs collecting tissues and organs from HIV-positive people, both live and deceased, to help advance AIDS treatment and cure research. AIDSmeds editor-in-chief Tim Horn learns more about its HIV donor program before deciding whether or not to sign on the bottom line.
 
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    HIV/AIDS Treatment News from POZ and AIDSmeds

  • Orasure In-Home HIV Test Gets Unanimous Approval Recommendation

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Orasure’s oral swab-based rapid in-home HIV test has been recommended for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee. If the FDA follows its advisory committee’s recommendation, the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test will be the first complete screening assay for purchase over-the-counter (OTC) from pharmacies and internet retailers.

  • National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day is May 15

    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Tuesday, May 15, marks the debut of the annual National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day. Coordinated by the Latino Commission on AIDS, this important series of events, primarily focusing on the need for increased screening and testing in Latino communities, will take place annually on May 15 and will coincide with viral hepatitis testing and educational programming during National Hepatitis Awareness month.

  • Truvada Receives PrEP Approval Recommendation

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    In a series of votes by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee, Truvada (tenofovir plus emtricitabine) has been recommended for approval as the first prescription drug to prevent HIV among those at risk for the infection.

  • Gilead Quad Tablet Gets FDA Committee Approval Nod

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted 13 to 1 in support of approval of Gilead’s “Quad,” the unofficial name for a fixed-dose combination tablet containing the elvitegravir, cobicistat, Viread (tenofovir) and Emtriva (emtricitabine). Should the FDA follow the recommendation of its Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee, which met at the DoubleTree Hotel in Silver Spring on May 11, the drug will be the third all-in-one regimen to be approved by the agency.

  • Depression Is Common and Needs Managing Before and During Hep C Interferon Treatment

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Monitoring people undergoing therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection for depression, and taking steps to manage this common side effect of pegylated interferon-based treatment, is an essential component of care, according to a new review article published by the International Journal of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research.
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    AHF Speak Out

  • Interesting graph showing new #HIV cases (from 2009) by...

    7 May 2012 | 2:37 pm
    Interesting graph showing new #HIV cases (from 2009) by transmission type.

  • Have YOU Taken Action Yet?  Don’t let Hershey’s get...

    4 Apr 2012 | 3:18 pm
    Have YOU Taken Action Yet?  Don’t let Hershey’s get away with it! Boycott Hershey’s: A Week of Action Join us for a worldwide week of action to raise awareness about the Hershey’s Boycott. With protests in New York City, Pennsylvania, Mexico City, and New Delhi, India this week, is the time to raise your voice against Hershey’s HIV discrimination. This boycott is the result of growing outrage over a Hershey Co. funded-school, Milton Hershey School, for denying admission to a 13-year-old boy due to his HIV-positive status.  Citing the boy as a direct threat to the “health and…

  • Boycott Hershey’s: A Week of Action Join us for a...

    2 Apr 2012 | 4:36 pm
    Boycott Hershey’s: A Week of Action Join us for a worldwide week of action to raise awareness about the Hershey’s Boycott. With protests in New York City, Pennsylvania, Mexico City, and New Delhi, India this week, is the time to raise your voice against Hershey’s HIV discrimination. This boycott is the result of growing outrage over a Hershey Co. funded-school, Milton Hershey School, for denying admission to a 13-year-old boy due to his HIV-positive status.  Citing the boy as a direct threat to the “health and safety” of other students, AIDS activists around the world are outraged…

  • More than 500 people lined up before 4:00 am today in at Croix...

    29 Mar 2012 | 6:47 pm
    More than 500 people lined up before 4:00 am today in at Croix des mission, Haiti for AHF’s free HIV testing event - the largest we have ever held in Haiti. According to AHF staff on the ground, 356 people were tested. 20 people testing HIV-positive and are being linked immediately to lifesaving care through the free AHF Healthcare Center in Haiti. Hundreds of hygiene kits were also passed out free to those who needed things like soap, toothpaste and other basic necessities because they don’t have access to them. What an amazing day of making a difference! Congratulations to the AHF team…

  • What do you think of our newest ad for STD testing &...

    27 Mar 2012 | 1:36 pm
    What do you think of our newest ad for STD testing & prevention - currently running in Florida? Definitely silly but we hope effective! For more info http://www.freeSTDcheck.org/ & remember play safe!
 
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    Don't Get Stuck With HIV

  • Have we ignored a very simple procedure that could significantly reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV to men from women?

    davidgisselquist
    8 May 2012 | 9:45 pm
    This was written together with Joseph Sonnabend In 2010 there was a great deal of outraged comment about the US government’s award of $823,000 to an HIV related project in Africa. Specifically, the taxpayer dollars were to be used to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex. The grant states; [...]

  • Lessons from North American outbreaks – changing needles alone is not enough

    davidgisselquist
    5 May 2012 | 3:23 pm
    [go to first injections page] [Note: Stephen F. Minkin (sfminkin@yahoo.com) submitted the following as a guest blog. Unsafe injections are a problem in North America as well, but not nearly as much as in Africa and Asia. When unexplained infections come to light, and when these can be traced to suspected clinics, state or national governments in North [...]

  • Wait and wipe, don’t cut

    davidgisselquist
    20 Apr 2012 | 3:28 pm
    Last week, while looking for something else, I ran across a report that has big implications for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa: Almost five years ago, a trial of circumcision to protect men in Rakai, Uganda, reported that intact (uncircumcised) men who waited at least 10 minutes after sex before cleaning their penis were at less risk [...]

  • SAVE families, stop HIV!

    davidgisselquist
    10 Apr 2012 | 7:47 am
    The International (formerly African) Network of Religious Leaders living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS (INERELA+) promotes SAVE as a response to Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. SAVE stands for: Safe sexual and skin-piercing behavior; Access to treatment; Voluntary counseling and testing; and Empowerment. This note considers some of the ways that SAVE could strengthen HIV prevention in Africa. AIDS was first recognized [...]

  • Respecting women’s human rights by telling them about all their HIV risks

    davidgisselquist
    11 Mar 2012 | 7:24 pm
    (A posting for International Women’s Day, 8 March) For many years, WHO, USAID, UNAIDS, and other international and foreign aid organizations have misinformed women in Africa about risks for HIV. Experts inside and outside these organization have challenged bureaucrats to tell women what they need to know to protect themselves. But to no avail. WHO, USAID, [...]
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    HIV in Kenya

  • Appropriate Penile Hygiene, Not Circumcision, Reduces HIV Transmission

    Simon
    15 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    Despite the questionable evidence for the effectiveness of mass adult male circumcision campaigns to reduce HIV transmission from females to males, apparently Kenya is going to roll out a program for children as well in areas where circumcision levels are low and HIV prevalence is high. People who are too young to give their consent for this operation will have their fate decided by their parents, who are being blasted with misinformation about various 'benefits' of circumcision. But Alice Nyambai of Homa Bay District AIDS coordinator's office, while approving of the operation for minors,…

  • Questions from Africa About Safety of Injectable Depo Provera

    Simon
    12 May 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Despite glib assurances from WHO and their collaborators that injectable Depo Provera and similar hormonal contraceptives are safe in high HIV prevalence African countries (they are not so much used in low HIV prevalence countries), some are not convinced. An article in The East African by Esther Nakkazi raises the question of whether it's safe to use injectables if you are also on antiretroviral drugs and feels that this has not yet been adequately answered. WHO effectively contracdicted themselves by denying that injectable hormonal contraceptives increased the risk of HIV transmission from…

  • Status Quo is Good For All, Not Just HIV Industry

    Simon
    11 May 2012 | 10:20 am
    A frequent theme of HIV related articles is the question of whether disproportionate levels of HIV funding in high prevalence countries has diverted attention from other health issues. These issues include water borne diseases, intestinal parasites, malnutrition and acute respiratory infections. After all, the latter conditions affect billions of people and are preventable and treatable. But the HIV industry, unanimously, answers the question in the negative. So they will be welcoming a piece of self-serving research purporting to show that the industry has been right all along, that it is OK…

  • Break for Wedding

    Simon
    7 May 2012 | 4:47 am
    Taking a little time off blogging in order to get married. Wedding was on Saturday the 6th in Dar es Salaam, wonderful! Will be blogging again in a few days, hopefully, a changed man.

  • HIV: What's Different About Africa if it's Not Down to Sex?

    Simon
    28 Apr 2012 | 1:58 pm
    In an article about HIV in Botswana, Ntibinyane Ntib remarks on something I have always found hard to understand about the virus in high prevalence African countries; the issue of families and of several members of the same family being infected with HIV. Of course, in Botswana, several members of many families must be infected, given prevalence figures of 25% nationally and far higher rates in certain groups and geographical areas. But how were they infected? Sexual behavior between different African and non-African countries, and indeed within African countries, doesn't vary that much. And…
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    Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

  • Experts Unambiguously Opposed to Saying the Wrong Thing

    Simon
    12 May 2012 | 8:42 am
    Apologies for the lack of posting this year but I have had enough work keeping my other blog going. The subject of PrEP and related issues do also crop up there, though. Daily use of Truvada has been backed for pre-exposure prophylaxis use by a panel of 'experts', which generally refers to people who are so well paid to say the right thing that no one else will disagree with them. It's likely that this use of the drug will soon be approved by the FDA. I wasn't able to find a register of the 'experts'' interests but I'm sure it would make interesting reading. If approved, the drug will be…

  • Tenofovir Products in Search of a Market

    Simon
    19 Feb 2012 | 7:46 am
    A few days ago, an article appeared on AidsMeds.com about the drug Tenofovir being associated with an increased risk of irreversible kidney disease, which does not reverse even when the drug is no longer taken. Tenofovir is one of the main ingredients in a vaginal gel developed to reduce the transmission of HIV, although a recent trial was stopped early because the gel was found to be ineffective. Another trial of Tenofovir taken orally as pre-exposure prophylaxis was also stopped early as it was clear it would not be possible to demonstrate a difference in effect between the drug and a…

  • Apologies for Lack of Posting

    Simon
    5 Feb 2012 | 1:52 am
    It's been some time since I have been able to write a post for this blog but I will get back to it as soon as possible. I also write about the lunacy of prohibitively expensive and purely technical approaches to what are public health and development issues on my HIV in Kenya blog and also on the Don't Get Stuck With HIV blog and website.Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) involves putting HIV negative people on antiretroviral drugs (ARV) with the aim of protecting them from HIV infection.

  • Treatment As Prevention: Dream or Nightmare?

    Simon
    12 Dec 2011 | 1:18 pm
    In the light of current enthusiasm for 'treatment as prevention (or 'is' prevention or some other permutation)', it's sobering to read an article from the US entitled 'Only 28% of HIV patients have condition under control'. The idea of treatment as prevention, sometimes referred to as 'test and treat', is that it will be feasible to test about 80% of an entire population, not just once in a while, but regularly, perhaps once a year or more. Upon being found HIV positive people will receive immediate treatment, regardless of clinical stage. The US spends over $7,000 per capita according to WHO…

  • Tenofovir Vaginal Gel Trial Stopped Because It's Ineffective

    Simon
    28 Nov 2011 | 10:18 am
    The Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) have announced that Tenofovir gel will no longer be used in the current VOICE trial (Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic) shortly after the same decision was made about the oral version. Both arms of the trial have been stopped for the same reason; neither are any more effective than a placebo. Trials of Truvada, a combination of tenofovir and emtricitabine, will continue for the moment. Incidence, the rate of new infections, was extremely high, at 6%. I wonder if the trial has got any closer to figuring out just why HIV transmission is…
 
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