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23/02/2015

First phase trials for vaginal gels as a new way to prevent transmission http://tiny.cc/urmiux

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10/02/2015

VOICE trial: 66% reduction in infection in women who actually used tenofovir microbicide gel

The final published paper on the VOICE trial in women in three African countries mainly reinforces what conference presentations have already shown: this ambitious trial failed to demonstrate the effectiveness of either oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or of a tenofovir-containing vaginal microb…

06/02/2015

A cheap device that can detect & syphilis from a drop of blood developed by Rwandan & US researchers

Dongle that can be connected to a smartphone delivers test results in under 15 minutes.

28/01/2015

New vaccine funding will save up to 6 million children's lives

Today, governments and other donors met in Berlin to make new pledges to fund vaccines for the world’s poorest children. Thanks to the pressure ONE members helped apply, they added an incredible $7.5 billion to the pot. That’s enough to save up to 6 million lives over the next 5 years. Wow.

23/01/2015

Microbicides products now in clinical trials

23/01/2015

speaking about the combination between microbicides & anti vaccine at EATG/AVAC Workshop.

05/12/2014

Check out this BBC article on the evolving of HIV and its implications for the future.

HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to a major scientific study.

01/12/2014

21/11/2014

24 November, AVAC/ EATG Webinar on innovative strategies of prevention: with speakers from Imperial College London, IPERGAY & PROUD trial, PrEP Facts

EATG is a community organisation that promotes the interests of people living with HIV/AIDS. EATG's mission is to achieve the fastest possible access to state of the art medical products, devices and diagnostic tests that prevent or treat HIV infection, and to improve the quality of life of people l…

18/11/2014

Bicycle-based, HIV medicine delivery service for Cape Town low-income townships!

A South African teenager got tired of waiting in the clinic for his grandparents' HIV meds. So he came up with a solution. All it took was a bicycle.

03/11/2014

Check out this chart showing interactions between drugs and recreational drugs http://tiny.cc/ly0qox

30/10/2014

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp is presenting a poster in theme Mucosal Immune Activation and Inflammation at HIV Research for Prevention Conference, Cape town

29/10/2014

CHAARM partners pleased to be presenting at HIV Research For Prevention - HIV R4P conference

HIVR4P is the world's first and only scientific meeting dedicated exclusively to biomedical HIV prevention research.

26/09/2014

Victoria Beckham is UNAIDS newest international goodwill ambassador, check out her speech at the UN!

It may have taken Victoria Beckham four decades, but the fashion designer and mother of four said she finally understands her responsability on the global stage: helping make sure no baby is born with HIV. UNAIDS, a program of the United Nations d...

22/09/2014

Here's a fact sheet published by the CDC regarding HIV prevention and treatment, check it out!

19/09/2014

Take a look at this article about the stigmas associated with microbicides:

HIV stigma, the danger of being mistakenly labelled as having HIV, ambivalence about the research process, confusion about the use of antiretrovirals to prevent infection, as well as the need to balance trial participation with other priorities and social relationships all shaped South African women…

15/09/2014

Check out this article on antiretroviral therapy and in Southern Africa:

Provided that therapy is started promptly, South Africans with HIV have chances of remaining alive beyond two years on antiretroviral therapy that are comparable to those of North American patients, according to new research.

18/08/2014

Study in Malawi shows importance of screening -positive patients for HBV co-infection and using tenofovir-containing regimens.
Don't miss this interesting news!

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A1 infection is associated with poor virological control and the rapid emergence of drug resistance among HIV-positive patients starting antiretroviral therapy in Malawi in the absence of tenofovir, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Di…