[From Al Jazeera, January 21st 2019] “Sanaa, Yemen – With each breath he took, the red rashes on Ahmad’s cheeks appeared to get brighter and brighter. The eight-year-old had just made his way up the stairs of the al-Jumhurriya hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, one of the few health centres in the war-ravaged country that […]
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[From aidsmap, January 17th 2019] “An individual patient data analysis of almost 25,000 pregnancies in women living with HIV has found that the rate of birth defects following exposure to efavirenz was not statistically different, and may even be lower than in infants exposed to other antiretrovirals. The analysis by Professor Begoña Martinez de Tejada
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[From Avert, January 16th 2019] “Young women in South Africa and Kenya would prefer injectable HIV prevention products that are multipurpose and can also prevent pregnancy over oral or ring-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products. The findings were revealed in a ‘discrete choice experiment’ (DCE) conducted among 536 women aged 18-30 in South Africa and Kenya
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[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.
[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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