HIV This Week

Welcome to the 76th issue of HIV This Week! In this issue, we cover the following topics: Health systems strengthening ("Talkin' about a revolution": can you really mean electronic health records?; Technical innovations can overcome silos in HIV monitoring & evaluation: can they strengthen health systems?), infant feeding (Antiretroviral treatment for breastfeeding women: the Mitra Plus study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Similar HIV-free infant survival whether breastfeeding or formula feeding when Rwandan mothers are on antiretroviral treatment), treatment (Everyone is talking about stepped-wedge evaluations – now you can read about how initiating antiretroviral treatment in antenatal care doubles treatment uptake), civil society responses (How amazing community activism strategies catalysed HIV research – and how badly they are needed for tuberculosis research now; Is UNGASS reporting increasing civil society participation in national HIV responses?, epidemiology (Everything you need to know in a nutshell about how we measure the global response’s impact on the epidemic and what the challenges are), men who have sex with men (Anal gonorrhoea and anal warts increase the risk of HIV acquisition: three good reasons to avoid unprotected receptive anal intercourse.), drug discovery and pharmacokinetics (Directions we can head next- a look at our own protein interactions and cellular factors; How much ritonavir is enough to boost a protease inhibitor optimally?), biomedical trial conduct (Good practice in community engagement: how the standard of care debate was resolved in a vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania.), IDU (If you stay on methadone or buprenorphine, you have better virological responses to your antiretroviral drugs. Seems like a no brainer!; Did you know that the Global Fund supported a drug user-run drop-in centre in Thailand?), HIV testing (Is it not male-friendly or is it not couple-friendly? A randomised controlled trial reveals little traction for couples counselling and testing in Tanzanian antenatal clinics), basic science (Partners’ viral load in oral sex can make a difference: how and why are systemic anti-HIV responses generated in some uninfected men?) influenza and HIV (A topical subject in northern climes: why getting the annual flu shot is a good idea if you have HIV infection, tuberculosis or chronic viral hepatitis; if you are young with a chronic condition, get the H1N1 shot), and economics (Economic incentives to ramp up to universal access in KwaZulu-Natal: a macro-microeconomic assessment).

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