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How innovative approaches and different models of service delivery can improve healthcare for people living with HIV.

HIV testing programmes & uptake

Quality of health services is key in encouraging or discouraging people from HIV testing in Africa

News
26 March 2013
TB treatment

Steroids reduce mortality risk for people taking TB treatment

News
24 March 2013
Drug-resistant TB

The Union offers hope and practical advice on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Editor's pick
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
21 March 2013
Improving HIV care

UNAIDS calls for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB

Editor's pick
UNAIDS
20 March 2013
New & experimental hepatitis C treatment

Sofosbuvir plus ribavirin works well for hard-to-treat inner-city hepatitis C patients

News
20 March 2013
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Malawi achieves seven-fold increase in ART for pregnant and breastfeeding women

News
12 March 2013
Exposure to HIV through medical procedures

NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

Editor's pick
UPI.com
12 March 2013
Improving HIV care

HIV Care In Resource-Limited Setting Significantly Improved By Computerized Reminders

Editor's pick
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
11 March 2013
Opportunistic infections

Continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART reduces the risk of hospitalisation

News
6 March 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Participation in community groups increases uptake of HIV testing services in Zimbabwe

News
5 March 2013
Global health initiatives

New IOM report highlights PEPFAR's successes

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
20 February 2013
UK health services

HIV outpatient pathway updated guidance available

Editor's pick
UK Department of Health
20 February 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

The HIV treatment cascade – patching the leaks to improve HIV prevention

Editor's pick
CATIE Prevention in Focus
20 February 2013
UK health services

Many people with HIV not disclosing at GUM clinics: estimates of undiagnosed infections may be too high

News
19 February 2013
Circumcision

Neonatal male circumcision feasible in resource-limited settings; Mogen clamp may have advantages

News
8 February 2013
TB transmission & prevention

Results of TB vaccine trial give cause for optimism, say researchers

News
4 February 2013
Drug-resistant TB

Hospital exposure the source of XDR-TB infections, underlining the need for adequate infection control

News
30 January 2013
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Screening can reduce number of patients in need of a doctor's time in busy South African clinic

News
29 January 2013
Drug-resistant TB

HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: Drug-resistant TB

News
28 January 2013
Retention & linkage to care

Support needed to prevent missed clinic visits becoming long-term disengagement from care

News
28 January 2013
Cardiovascular disease

Management of hypertension reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease for HIV-positive people with high blood pressure

News
21 January 2013
CD4 count

Six-monthly CD4 cell monitoring 'unnecessary' for people doing well on HIV therapy

News
17 January 2013
TB transmission & prevention

HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: TB infection control

News
14 January 2013
Adherence

Phone texts fail to boost adherence to HIV therapy

Editor's pick
SciDev NET
10 January 2013