San Francisco Getting to Zero Update Hears U=U Message
San Francisco continues to make progress in reducing new HIV infections and expanding access to early treatment, according to a World AIDS Day update on the city's Getting to Zero initiative, held on November 29, 2017.
EACS 2017: How a London Clinic Reduced New HIV Infections by 90%
Scaling up HIV testing to reduce undiagnosed HIV infection requires a fundamental re-ordering of HIV testing services to make them more attractive to people at risk, and doing so can bring about enormous changes in HIV incidence and treatment uptake, delegates heard on the opening day of the 16th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2017) in Milan in October.
EACS 2017: European Cure Review Concentrates on HIV Therapeutic Vaccines
A cure for HIV would almost inevitably have to involve a vaccine to improve the body’s natural ability to control HIV, speakers said at a recent seminar on European HIV cure research. The STEPS seminar, put on by the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) ahead of the European AIDS Conference in Milan in October, also heard that, in the words of EATG member and European Community Advisory Board chair Giulio Maria Corbelli, "Cure research reminds us of the importance of patient involvement from the very earliest phases of the development of treatment and prevention."
EACS 2017: Test-and-Treat Reduces HCV Among Gay Men in Swiss HIV Cohort
A systematic policy of test-and-treat cured 99% of men who have sex with men with hepatitis C in the Swiss HIV Cohort during an 8-month period and reduced the prevalence of hepatitis C by almost two-thirds, Dominique Braun of the University Hospital, Zurich, reported at the recent 16th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2017) in Milan.
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