By 2020, more than 40 per cent of people living with HIV will be over 60, ageing in a health system that has not planned for the significant burden of their complex physical and mental health needs.

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People with HIV taking antiretroviral treatment who had undetectable viral load did not suffer any loss of cognitive function or brain volume during a two-year period when compared with their HIV-negative peers, but did have lower cognitive function and brain volume at the start of ...

Overall, 445 pregnant women with a positive HIV status were registered in the republic.

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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 ...

On October 6, the first meeting of working group on development of the "Transitional plan on state financing" was held in Yerevan. The working group includes the representatives of state agencies, international organizations, as well as representatives of civil sector and activists working in the field of combating HIV. "Unfortunately, the group lacks the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia, which, ...

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) – ...

The aim of the study was to assess, among people living with HIV, knowledge of their latest HIV viral load (VL) and CD4 count. Methods Agreement between self-report and clinic record was assessed among 2771 HIV-diagnosed individuals on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the UK Antiretrovirals, Sexual Transmission ...

When Canadian researchers asked HIV-positive people over the age of 50 how they would define “successful ageing”, six key themes emerged – accepting limitations, staying positive, maintaining social support, taking responsibility, living a healthy lifestyle, and engaging in meaningful activities. Writing in the International Journal of STD ...

In Chisinau, at the annual coordination meeting of the Participants of the General Meeting of the ECUO, the priorities for advocacy activities for the coming year were identified. The ECUO participants and focal points from 15 countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well ...

Countries in Western and Southern Europe are well on their way to meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Using data collected to the end of 2013, a survey of eleven countries shows that an estimated 84% of people ...