50-year-old Zebo from the southern Khatlon region of Tajikistan is a former labor migrant. She took a brave step and made a statement at the 22-nd International AIDS Conference-2018 in Amsterdam about her HIV-positive status – the fact she had been silent about a long ...
The campaign is a component of the "Nobody Left Behind" initiative of the International AIDS Society (IAS), aimed at the needs of key populations: PLWH, MSM, transgender people and PWID.
Using dolutegravir alone, as maintenance treatment after achieving undetectable viral load on a three-drug regimen, results in an unacceptable rate of viral rebound and is unethical in the view of many experts, the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) heard last month.
Once the sensor reaches the stomach, it transmits a signal to a patch worn by the patient, and a digital record is sent to an app on the patient’s mobile device.
Results from Prevenir, an ongoing observational study, provided further evidence that on-demand PrEP is an effective strategy for preventing HIV acquisition in at-risk MSM.
In a special session at the close of the 22nd International AIDS Conference, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and other high-level speakers called for urgent action to better integrate the responses to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV.
Ministers of health and senior policy-makers from 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia reaffirmed their political commitment to scale up national HIV responses during a ministerial policy dialogue on HIV, which was held on the eve of the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, ...
Gilead announces new data on the impact of Truvada® (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on the number of HIV diagnoses in the United States.
More than 15,000 people gathered in Amsterdam today for the opening of the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), where leaders focused on the major new investments, science-based policies and the political will needed to put the HIV response back on track.
"People, politics and power lie at the heart of the AIDS epidemic. How these intersect will continue to be critically important in achieving the agreed global targets and universal health coverage".
Russian-speaking participants of AIDS2018 will be happy to know that key sessions will be provided with simultaneous translation into Russian. These sessions are: Opening, Rapporteur & Closing, all plenary sessions (8:45-10:30 daily) and all special sessions (13:00-14:00 daily). Other sessions in the list are collected ...
If you are going to the 22nd International AIDS Conference, this information may be useful. At the conference, a Harm Reduction Networking Zone (HRNZ) is located in the Global Village and is accessible to the general public (delegates and non-delegates).
The HRNZ is the key area ...