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Meta-analysis finds high but variable STI rates in PrEP studies – is PrEP the cause or a potential solution?

[From aidsmap, January 11th 2019] “A new meta-analysis of 20 studies and roll-out projects of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in gay and bisexual men confirms very high rates of diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in study participants and PrEP takers.” For more, click here.

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Week at HIV centre in B.C. an eye-opener for three Sask. physicians

[From Saskatchewan Medical Association, January 10th 2019] “A Saskatchewan primary-care physician has a simple message for doctors who are thinking of expanding their capacity to care for people with HIV. “Do it!” said Dr. Laura Marshall, a La Ronge family physician. “It’s rewarding work, and clinically it is very interesting, but at the same time

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South Africa reports successful third-line HIV treatment programme

[From aidsmap, January 4th 2019] “People with resistance to first- and second-line antiretroviral drugs can still achieve high rates of viral suppression in the first year on third-line regimens according to a South African study published in the January issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.” For more, click here.

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AIDSfree: Women with HIV ‘can have a baby just like anyone else’

[From The Independent, January 2019] “A woman with HIV can have a natural birth “just like anyone else” without the fear of passing the infection on to her baby, a doctor has said. Even those who are diagnosed during pregnancy can, with treatment, reduce their levels of the virus to such a degree that it

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