As the conference opening session would make clear, in some respects, Malaysia’s HIV response has been a model in the region — but cultural and religious sensitivities and taboos constrain it in others. ‘Why Malaysia?’ was a question I heard from more than one researcher at the airport and in the express train into Kuala …
A joint statement from the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) in partnership with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) and STOP AIDS NOW(SAN!) issued today has welcomed WHO’s new Consolidated Guidelines on the use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention. The joint statement calls on government, multilateral and bilateral agencies, and …
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WHO released 2013 Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention today at the IAS 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur, which can be downloaded here: Its key points, according to support materials: Treating adults, adolescents and older children earlier – starting ART in all individuals with a CD4 cell count of …
Beginning 29 June, Theo Smart (and perhaps others) will be live tweeting, blogging, and posting articles to this site from the 7nth IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013). IAS 2013, the world’s largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS – will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC ) in …
You’ve found Treatment Science Writers Over the course of the next couple weeks, we are going to start publishing a new website that, we hope, will develop into a way for medical science and treatment activist writers to market themselves and find novel ways of funding and publishing independent medical and treatment activist journalism. In …