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Bad science & bogus treatments

South Africa’s health minister “feels vindicated” by nutrition & HIV/AIDS conference in Durban

News
12 April 2005
HIV treatment

Well-trained medical staff key to establishing successful ARV treatment clinics say doctors in Botswana & Uganda

News
11 April 2005
Transmission & prevention

New US government website attacked for comments on sexuality and effectiveness of condoms

News
8 April 2005
Transmission & prevention

HIV transmission highest during primary infection

News
8 April 2005
Transmission & prevention

Extra £24 million of UK government funding for microbicide gel trial

News
5 April 2005
Transmission & prevention

‘ABC’ prevention is becoming ‘AB’ in Uganda, thanks to US influence against condom use, says report

News
31 March 2005
TB epidemiology

Link between TB and HIV in Africa stressed by WHO on World TB Day

News
24 March 2005

HIV transmission appeal fails

News
17 March 2005
HIV treatment

Correction: Kaletra price in South Africa

News
16 March 2005
HIV treatment

South Africa awards antiretroviral supply contracts

News
14 March 2005
Starting treatment

First randomised study of treatment in primary HIV infection begins recruitment

News
14 March 2005
Transmission & prevention

Thai tenofovir trial runs into trouble after ethics protests from drug users

News
10 March 2005
Hepatitis & HIV

Coinfection with hepatitis G has no benefit, finds study conducted amongst African women with HIV-1 and HIV-2

News
9 March 2005
TB treatment

Report suggests short course of rifampicin/isoniazid as effective as standard course of isoniazid for the treatment of latent TB

News
8 March 2005
How HIV works

Unusual eye lesions should be warning sign for possibility of HIV, suggests case report

News
3 March 2005
HIV treatment

Vanguard treatment programmes pave the way to scale up

News
27 February 2005
Resistance

Little difference in child transmission rates between formula feed and breast-plus-AZT

News
26 February 2005
Side effects

Pregnant women with CD4 cell counts over 250 not at greater risk of nevirapine-related toxicity in Kenyan study

News
26 February 2005

Three trials bring African mother to child transmission down to four per cent; WHO vows to reconsider guidelines

News
26 February 2005

Pregnancy doubles the risk of HIV infection

News
25 February 2005
Resistance

Highly sensitive method uncovers high levels of resistance in mothers given single-dose nevirapine

News
25 February 2005
Transmission & prevention

D for death, not A B or C, is main cause of decline in Ugandan HIV prevalence

News
24 February 2005
HIV treatment

3 x 5: South Africa, India, Nigeria `have to start moving` says WHO

News
23 February 2005
HIV treatment

South Africa completes negotiations for large-scale antiretroviral procurement

News
22 February 2005