Treatment as Prevention¨

Era “la peste rosa”. La que afectaba “a los amorales”. La que generaba pavor. La enfermedad de la discriminación. Pero los avances científicos consiguieron transformar, en menos de 40 años, el significado de la palabra sida. Y ahora la ciencia consiguió un nuevo hito: por segunda vez en la historia, los mŽdicos lograron la remisión

Communities in southern Africa which received a door-to-door HIV testing intervention and support for linkage to care had substantially lower HIV incidence, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019) in Seattle was told today. This clear-cut effect was seen in the communities randomised to receive these interventions and treatment according to national guidelines,

Era “la peste rosa”. La que afectaba “a los amorales”. La que generaba pavor. La enfermedad de la discriminación. Pero los avances científicos consiguieron transformar, en menos de 40 años, el significado de la palabra sida. Y ahora la ciencia consiguió un nuevo hito: por segunda vez en la historia, los mŽdicos lograron la remisión

Maker Nation: Julio Montaner literally caused thousands of AIDS patients to rise from their death beds Canada has a rich history of innovation, but in the next few decades, powerful technological forces will transform the global economy. Large multinational companies have jumped out to a headstart in the race to succeed, and Canada runs the

NIAID chief outlines plan for treatment as prevention, PrEP in targeted areas SEATTLE — The much-discussed plan to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. through targeted treatment and prevention outreach is the first time an accelerated effort has been undertaken by multiple Health and Human Services agencies to tackle this problem, speakers said at

Do you remember the popular advertisement on HIV and AIDS on our television screens in the 90s? If I remember correctly, it gave very scary statistics of the number of people who were to die daily from AIDS. Another advertisement also depicted people with AIDS as skeletons, while a lit candle was snuffed out to

A culture of anti-LGBT discrimination could be costing Kenya up to $1.3 billion a year, a new report claims. The report from the pro-LGBT Open for Business coalition sets out the economic case for LGBT+ inclusion in Kenya, after the country’s Supreme Court delayed a much-anticipated ruling on a challenge to anti-gay laws. It is

W. David Hardy, MD, adjunct professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins University, discusses the importance of identifying patients with undiagnosed HIV and preventing new infections for accomplishing President Trump’s plan to end the HIV epidemic in 10 years. Transcript During the State of the Union, President Trump announced the ambitious plan for ending the HIV epidemic