The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults at low risk in a guideline published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “Given the lack of direct evidence that mass screening is beneficial and that patients ...

​The continuum of HIV care is a framework that enables countries to monitor the effectiveness of their HIV response - from diagnosis towards viral suppression (which means that the virus is no longer detectable in the blood). This report provides a snapshot of the status ...

We, ECUO General Assembly Members, are firmly committed to sending our advocacy efforts to bring HIV treatment standards for adults, adolescents and children in our countries to the European ones. Member countries of ICO "Eastern Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV" are ...

The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) has released a special supplement on the incredible journey of the Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive (Global Plan), which documents the history of the ...

Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 309 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features articles on various topics, including an article on the release of Aidspan’s Asia Pacific report, which provides an overview of ...

AVAC will host a webinar on the newly released WHO guidance on hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV on 26 April 2017. [gview file="http://ecuo.org/mvdev/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/04/hc_HIV_guidance_March2017.pdf"] For more information about the webinar and how to register, click here. Sources

Provides information on drug prices and purchases A new database is being developed in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) containing information on antiretrovirals (ARVs) in use in 15 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine ...

Please read and share the letter signed by EATG, as Europe’s transnational HIV treatment and prevention advocacy group, and the PrEP in Europe Initiative (PEI), a partnership of European prevention and policy NGOs, requesting Gilead Sciences to make it possible for Truvada®, or for generic equivalents of ...

A big data study of hepatitis C and more than 500 patients with the virus has opened the way for a better understanding of how the virus interacts with its human hosts. Researchers at the University of Oxford have for the first time developed a method ...

Face-to-face interventions work best A meta-analysis of studies of brief interventions to reduce HIV risk behaviour in HIV-negative gay men has concluded that there is evidence that such techniques did have a significant impact on the behaviours they were designed to change. It also found evidence that ...

People around the world continue to face barriers to accessing quality health care and enjoying the highest attainable standard of health, despite the right to be free from discrimination being enshrined in multiple human rights treaties, national laws and constitutions. Why this occurs varies between countries ...

Abstract Background In 2014, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issued treatment goals for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The 90-90-90 target specifies that by 2020, 90% of individuals living with HIV will know their HIV status, 90% of people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive ...

Abstract Background UNAIDS has set a 90-90-90 target to curb the HIV epidemic by 2020, but methods used to assess whether countries have reached this target are not standardised, hindering comparisons. Methods Through a collaboration formed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) with European HIV ...

The number of new HIV diagnoses in gay men attending five key London clinics fell substantially during 2015 and 2016, Valerie Delpech of Public Health England told the British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Liverpool yesterday. Epidemiological analysis shows that the phenomenon is real. Diagnoses fell ...

UNAIDS is championing the inaugural #WhatWomenWant Day on 6 April. Led by the Athena Network, the day sees the launch of the report #WhatWomenWant: a transformative framework for women, girls and gender equality in the context of HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The ...

Women, especially those 50 years or older, with overt acute hepatitis B were significantly more likely to develop decompensation, according to the results of a recent study. “This is an unexpected finding. The results suggest that HBV preventive measures are even more important for females,” Ming-Ling ...

Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) This updated fact sheet examines the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and its role in addressing global HIV/AIDS, including treatment and prevention targets, results, funding, and challenges (4/5). Source

Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 308 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features articles on various topics, including a news article on how the Trump administration’s budget proposals will impact the Global Fund, ...