For quality monitoring of medicines procurement and access to treatment, it is very important to pay attention to what is happening beyond the spreadsheets with figures.

Safety concern over dolutegravir use in early pregnancy highlights limited contraception choices for many women living with HIV

Interview with Dr. Arash Alaei, consultant and Director of the International Institute for Health and Education

The problem with antiretroviral therapy in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan is still acute.

If you write complaints to Moscow, then antiretroviral therapy in Bashkortostan becomes available and targeted. This is reported by the Patient Control. The organization was approached by a patient who, instead of atazanavir, was offered a drug that had been previously canceled due to undesirable events. ...

New study provides insights into the factors that influence HIV treatment adherence in Latin America and the Caribbean. Results show that individuals from lower resource settings often achieve higher levels of adherence, contrary to predictions.

Representatives of patient communities, NGOs and state institutions of Kazakhstan, international agencies and organizations held a meeting on January 16 to discuss the results of the ART Availability Overview in the country and focus on the scenarios for overcoming legal, regulatory and economic barriers to ...

According to the information of ECUO PLWH, today in Astana the roundtable is being held with the representatives of the state authorities of Republic of Kazakhstan and international agencies, prominent national and international experts on HIV response, focused on discussing ART Availability Overview (the Overview). ...

An 8-week course of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (Harvoni) led to a sustained response in all people with HIV and genotype 1 or 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the SWIFT-C study, according to a report at the AASLD Liver Meeting last month in Washington, DC.

More than 100 experts in the HIV/AIDS response area from all over the country convened at a round table in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) on November 13 to discuss the issues of increasing access to medicines and ensuring the transparent functioning of medical institutions. The meeting ...

The round table with government officials, leading country and international experts in the area of HIV/IDS response on expand the availability of medicines and ensuring transparency of medical institutions is being held in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) today. The event is organized by ECUO PLWH and the ...

David Ananiashvili "I am proud that my country has achieved such a progress in the treatment and I'm happy to have been directly involved in this. Thus, I am a member of the working group on the development of the National HIV Prevention and Treatment Guidelines, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2018 it will be 30 years from the point when the first HIV-infected person was diagnosed in Estonia. During this short period, this small European country is on the list of leaders regarding HIV epidemic prevalence in the region. The indicators could be even ...

On September 22, a workshop for patient communities on accessibility of innovation in HIV treatment in Ukraine was held in Kyiv. During the workshop, influential international organizations – the EATG and the East Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV (ECUO) – ...

This publication explains some of the ideas and science behind HIV and treatment.  Each section includes a picture and summary notes. Additional text in each section tells a more detailed story. The resource was developed as an advocacy course for HIV positive people. Nearly everyone who is HIV positive has ...

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased life expectancy by a decade in young Europeans and North Americans treated for HIV. Substantial declines in mortality emerged especially for those starting treatment between 2008 and 2010, pointing to the positive effect of evolving therapies and earlier detection. Reporting in ...