A three-day national working meeting on updating HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines closed in Chisinau. According to the results of the discussions, it was decided to update the treatment guidelines which are expected to enter into force in 2018. Thus, the 1-st line of HIV treatment will include ...

The VI National Forum of PLWH was held in Bishkek on October 19-20 with the support of UNDP within the implementation of the Global Fund grants in the Kyrgyz Republic. The forum, organized by the “Country Network of PLWH Association”, being an ECUO PLWH member, and the ...

The major updates of the guidelines are summarized below: A new section was introduced, which presents the information on the feasibility of initiating ART since the first day of HIV diagnosis. The classification of recommended ART regimens for the initiation has been changed. While previously ...

According to official data, the number of HIV-infected people in Kyrgyzstan is increasing by 10% per year

The digest is prepared by the Secretariat of the ECUO PLWH

MSF said the deals with generic companies meant it was now able to provide a 12-week course of treatment for around $120, against $1,400 to $1,800 available through Gilead and BMS access programs for poorer nations.

Researchers caution against using antibodies to prevent transmission

Nine countries — Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Japan, the Netherlands and Qatar — are on course to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, according to data released at the World Hepatitis Summit in São Paulo, Brazil, this week.

Within the framework of the meeting, the Consortium leaders presented the National Action Plan of the Estonian Communities for 2017-2020 (National Plan) − a strategic document developed in cooperation with representatives of all KAP of the country. It should be noted that the main purpose ...

On October 31-November 1, a training seminar "Leadership capacity development of sex workers (SWs)" is held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the project "Strategic meeting of the sex workers community representatives".

On October 23 in Minsk, the Belarusian Community of PLWH took part in a roundtable discussion on the practical implementation of the state social contract for providing resocialization services to persons released from prisons. The practice of implementing the state social contracting in Belarus exists since ...

Access to treatment should be increased worldwide and cover 80% of patients by 2030.

The story of a person with HIV on how to learn living a full life

Awareness is the guarantee of children's health.

International AIDS Conference AIDS-2018 is the largest conference on matters and achievements in global healthcare

Reducing the size of the HIV reservoir is viewed as an essential step in achieving a cure for HIV infection

Today the XVI European AIDS Conference hosts a separate session on PrEP in Europe. Right now you can join the session online on Facebook or view its record here: “This year, the XVI European AIDS Conference puts special emphasis on the group “women living with HIV”, a range of sessions and discussions on the contemporary PrEP methodologies, new test methods and drugs interaction. A lot of information presented about the co-infection: how to treat it correctly, comparison of ...

Of the existing diseases, HIV is a relatively young and not comprehensively studied one. Over the past three decades, thanks to the effective application of ARV therapy, the disease has left the category of deadly, and passed into the category of chronic, meaning one can ...