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Relationship skills can reduce the risk of HIV in young male couples
An online HIV prevention and relationship education programme developed by Dr Michael Newcomb and colleagues from Northwestern University is proving effective in reducing the risk…
Changing HIV treatment
There are lots of reasons you might want or need to change treatment including virological failure, resistance, side effects and drug interactions.
Switching from TAF to TDF leads to weight loss
Switching from tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) to the older formulation of tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) resulted in modest weight loss in people with HIV in the Swiss…
Chronic kidney disease and HIV
HIV may contribute to kidney disease but the two most common causes are diabetes and high blood pressure. Lifestyle changes can help keep kidney disease…
Danish study finds that STI rates in gay men increase before they start PrEP, not after
A Danish study which was able to chart the annual incidence of the three bacterial STIs, chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis, in people attending sexual health…
Registration | HIVR4P 2024 | International AIDS Society (IAS)
Please note that it is the delegate’s responsibility to investigate visa requirements for Peru and apply for a visa, if necessary. Delegates are advised to…
Types of antiretroviral medications
There are more than 30 antiretroviral medications in six drug classes. Each class of drug attacks HIV at a different stage of the HIV lifecycle.
Cryptococcal meningitis persists in Botswana, despite high antiretroviral coverage
A study of cryptococcal meningitis incidence in people with HIV in Botswana shows that incidence has halved since 2015 and that the decline is correlated…
Information for young people: How do I take my HIV medicine
An animation on how to take HIV medication. This video was created by Chiva, in collaboration with aidsmap and supported by a ViiV Healthcare grant.
More evidence that PrEP works as well for women
In a presentation at last month’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024), the case was made that event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) might work…