HIV

What healthcare professionals can do to help limit HIV resistance

Limiting HIV resistance must not be neglected in an era where we continue to see breakthroughs in treatment for the infection once labelled a death sentence.…

NICE proposes routine HIV testing in high prevalence areas

Adults and young people who live in local authority areas where the prevalence of HIV is ranked as “extremely high” may routinely be offered a test for the virus when they are admitted to hospital or attend an emergency department, according to new proposals from the National Institute f…

Research theory suggests HIV treatment may be increasing syphilis rates

Researchers have raised concerns that antiretroviral drugs given to HIV patients may be increasing susceptibility to syphilis.…

Immune stimulation could boost therapeutic HIV vaccine

Combining HIV vaccination with immune stimulation delayed viral rebound in monkeys with simian immunotherapy virus.…

Unanswered questions about proposed PrEP trial

With 17 new HIV diagnoses made every day in the UK, we need to be bold and ambitious in our approach to HIV prevention — and this must include access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all who need it. For two years we have been calling for a long-term, stable home for PrEP within th…

NHS England to trial pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention before full roll-out

NHS England has announced it will fund a large-scale clinical trial on the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV ahead of a national roll-out.…

NICE recommends HIV testing in community pharmacy to cut number of undiagnosed cases

New guideline recommends that HIV testing should be available in community settings, the voluntary sector and venues where there may be high-risk sexual behaviour.…

Ending stigma towards HIV is the first step towards ending AIDS

On this World AIDS Day the National AIDS Trust’s theme is stigma, and there is so much that healthcare workers can do to help to combat stigma from the frontlines. The recently published UK Stigma Index highlighted the real problem in healthcare, with only 58% of people living with HIV feeling…

Pre-exposure prophylaxis should be a key component of a comprehensive HIV prevention package fully funded on the NHS

Pre-exposure prophylaxis is the medication taken by HIV-negative individuals to reduce their risk of contracting HIV infection.…

Access to HIV drugs rises across the world, says UNAIDS

The number of people in the world with HIV who gained access to antiretroviral treatment in the past six months has risen by one million, according to a report published by the international charity UNAIDS on 21 November 2016. There are now 18.2 million people receiving the therapy – dou…