Australia has beaten AIDS but HIV continues to spread... The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations this week declared that AIDS is no longer a public health issue in Australia. In contrast HIV remains a high concern, with no decline in the number of new HIV transmissions for the past decade.
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AVERT on 2017-06-28 16:15 UTC
AIDS 2016 hot topic: Reaching the 90-90-90 targets... The 90-90-90 Fast-Track targets is a hot-topic at this weeks 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa (AIDS 2016). Progress towards the targets, which call for 90% of people living with HIV to know their status, 90% on HIV treatment, and 90% virally suppressed, is acheivable but
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NHS can provide PrEP – but only if it chooses to... AVERT | 2017-06-27 15:58 UTC The UK High Court has today ruled that the National Health Service (NHS) England can legally provide the game-changing HIV prevention drug, Truvada, as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to HIV negative people most at risk of HIV – but only if it chooses to.
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Reflecting on AIDS 2016 – the return to Durban... AVERT | 2017-06-27 15:56 UTC Much was made of the return of the International AIDS Conference to Durban and the phenomenal progress made in the 16 years since it was last held there – and rightly so. At AIDS 2000, South Africa was in a state of denial, and much of the continent was gripped by a shocking loss of life from a
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Vaginal ring for HIV prevention effective and acceptable... An updated adherence analysis from the ASPIRE study indicates that consistent users of a vaginal ring containing dapivirine experienced 65% fewer infections, the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa heard last month.
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AVERT on 2017-06-27 15:52 UTC