Self-testing for HIV with rapid diagnostic tests is as reliable and accurate as testing by health care workers, according to a new review and meta-analysis.

Despite the prevalence of depression in people with HIV (estimates of up to 42%), few data exist on antidepressant efficacy in this population. Previous studies of depression in people with HIV have tended to be from American men who have sex with men. As a ...

As it became known to the media, an HIV-positive patient died from AIDS in Switzerland in the end of 2017. He was being refused of a medical treatment due to missing necessary health insurance, and the insurance company refused several times to pay for the ...

The number of HIV patients that underwent treatment in Q1 2018 did not change in Latvia even though a considerable amount of funding was allocated from the state budget for HIV/AIDS treatment in 2018. This creates concerns about HIV patients’ use of healthcare services, according ...

Ageing with HIV: New challenges and unmet needs of people aged 18 – 50 years living and ageing with HIV/AIDS (3-6 May 2018, Kyiv)

For 6 years in the Russian Federation, 178 permits have been issued for the clinical trials of medications for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. This is seven times more than in the previous six years, from 2006 to 2011, when 25 studies were approved. While ...

EECA is one of two regions where transition planning is most advanced

No disease has the same level of timely and accurate data collection, analysis and distribution as HIV. With credible and up-to-date data, countries and the international community can plan effective AIDS responses. They can focus services on the locations and populations that most need them, ...

The #YouAreNotAlone campaign is raising awareness about the stigma and discrimination faced by children, adolescents and families affected by HIV in eastern Europe and central Asia.

A new campaign highlights the health issues that can affect us as we get older - and which HIV positive people need to be aware about

Therapies to prevent infection are advancing in a crowded field.

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.

One injection of the cloned antibody significantly reduced participants’ viral load in a recent advanced trial.

Last weekend (more precisely – on February 16th) during the meeting of representatives of several HIV/AIDS NGOs from five countries of Baltic sea region, a new non-governmental organization - “Baltic Coalition for PLWHIV” (abbreviated as “NGO BaCo”) was established. This important initiative was brought forward ...

With three in ten gay men living with HIV engaging in chemsex in the last year in the UK, understanding its association with the country’s HIV and STI epidemics is critical to put an end to new infections.

Since now only the latest non-interferon therapy for the treatment of chronic HCV will be prescribed to all patients in Latvia.

Medicines will be provided to Kazakh patients free of charge.

Taking five or more prescription medications increases the risk of hospitalization and death in older adults infected with HIV and comparable adults without HIV. The findings of this Yale-led study highlight the potential risks of prescribing additional drugs to patients with multiple medical conditions.