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The virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020) this week has included research assessing HIV prevalence, risk, access and adherence to medication in transgender women and men in the United States, Kenya and Zimbabwe

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Um conto de duas provas: a adesão é tudo em PrEP

Um conto de duas provas: a adesão é tudo em PrEP

  Jared Baeten. Foto por Gus Cairns / aidsmap.com

Adesão faz toda a diferença para a eficácia da profilaxia pré-exposição (PrEP), afirmou-se na19.ª Conferência sobre retrovírus e infecções oportunistas, numa apresentação que ouvi hoje.

Os dados foram apresentados em dois ensaios de PrEP (dando drogas anti-HIV para pessoas HIV negativas para prevenir a infecção), que anunciou resultados…

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Start ARVs ASAP—But Only If You Can Stay on Them

We know by now that starting HIV treatment as early as possible after an infection is key to suppressing the virus and rebuilding your immune system.

But what happens if that early treatment gets interrupted? What happens if you realize you’re not going to be able to adhere to the medical regimen you started?

Study: Early HIV Treatment Advantage Is Lost If Treatment Is Interrupted

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U.S. ‘Treatment Cascade’ Stats Are DISMAL When Compared to Other Western Nations

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Aproximadamente 4,2 milhões de pessoas acima de 50 anos vivem com HIV

Aproximadamente 4,2 milhões de pessoas acima de 50 anos vivem com HIV

A prevalência mundial de pessoas que vivem com HIV e tem mais de 50 anos dobrou nos últimos 20 anos

Novos e convincentes dados publicados na edição digital da revista AIDS revelam o aumento da idade das pessoas afetadas pela epidemia de HIV. Partindo das taxas de prevalência do Programa Conjunto das Nações Unidas sobre HIV / AIDS (ONUSIDA) estimou que o número de pessoas acima de 50 anos com HIV…

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Silver Lining? HIV-Positive Men Have a Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer

(The stats are 102 per 10,000 people vs. 131 for the negative population)

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Undetectable = Uninfectious Proof we are not infectious, or dangerous, or criminals. Please read about this newly released study:

"The main news is that in the PARTNER Study so far there have been NO TRANSMISSIONS within couples from a partner with an undetectable viral load, in what was estimated as 16,400 occasions of sex in the gay men and 14,000 in the heterosexuals." - From AIDSmap's "No-one with an undetectable viral load, gay or heterosexual, transmits HIV in first two years of PARTNER study"

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HIV Death Rate Drops 21% Worldwide, But Not Evenly

AIDS-related deaths and HIV-related disability are still on the rise in 22 percent of the 182 countries that have documented AIDS cases. This is largely because these countries have low numbers of HIV cases or because their epidemics are relatively young. However, there are countries with large epidemics in which the AIDS death rates have no indication of abating, including Russia, Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo.