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19 JUNE 2020 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 24

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  • Lockdown Impacting on HIV Prevention Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

    Strict COVID-19 measures have had a negative impact on a programme aimed at providing HIV prevention medicine and gender-based violence counselling services for vulnerable girls and young women.

    June 19, 2020
    PrEP
    Daily Maverick

  • Pandemic Vaccines Are About to Face the Real Test

    A Chinese company will turn to Brazil for help. The World Health Organization (WHO) is adopting a strategy forged in a war zone during an Ebola outbreak. And the Trump administration plans to lean on existing infrastructure for testing HIV and flu vaccines. These are the disparate strategies about to be employed in the next and most important stage of the COVID-19 vaccine race: the large-scale, placebo-controlled, human trials needed to prove which of the more than 135 candidates are safe and effective.

    June 19, 2020
    General
    Science Magazine

  • These Nurses Are Making Sure Baltimore-Area HIV Patients Have the Medications They Need During the Pandemic

    Tyrell Martin knows that COVID-19 can be potentially deadly with his HIV positive status. But he is confident in staying healthy amid the pandemic. In fact, the 28-year-old has never felt better. He is undetectable and adheres to his medication regime. And he feels empowered by nurses Ebony Beckles and Heidi Whiting, members of the Medication Support Team at Chase Brexton Health Care.

    June 18, 2020
    Treatment
    The Baltimore Sun

  • 5,000 Walmart Pharmacies Join National “Ready, Set, PrEP” HIV Program

    Pharmacies at Walmart stores, Sam’s Clubs and Albertsons Companies will donate their dispensing services to people in the federal HIV prevention program “Ready, Set, PrEP,” according to an announcement by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), which oversees the program. This means the pharmacies will refill participants’ prescriptions for free.

    June 18, 2020
    PrEP
    POZ

  • Zimbabwe: HIV Patients Fail to Access ARVs

    People living with HIV and AIDS are having difficulties in accessing second line drugs from public institutions and are being forced to buy them from pharmacies at US $25 for one-month's supply.

    June 17, 2020
    Treatment
    All Africa

  • WHO Drops Hydroxychloroquine From COVID-19 Clinical Trial

    The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it was dropping the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine from its massive study investigating treatments for the coronavirus, after available data indicated the drug was not effective for COVID-19.

    June 17, 2020
    General
    STAT

  • Compulsory Licensing in COVID-19: Does It Differ From the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic?

    As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, international trepidation on access to medical supplies, diagnostics and therapies increases. As clinical data of effectiveness of treatments for COVID-19 emerge, international organisations are exploring voluntary licensing of patented drugs to manufacturers to lower cost and increase production. Following a proposal from Costa Rica, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed a voluntary pool to collect patent rights to expedite the development of drugs, diagnostics and vaccines.

    June 16, 2020
    General
    Times Now

  • FDA OKs First Dispersible Form of Dolutegravir for Infants

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first dispersible tablet formulation of dolutegravir (Tivicay PD, ViiV Healthcare) to treat HIV-1 infection in children at least 4 weeks old and weighing at least 3 kg (6.61 pounds) in combination with other antiretroviral medications.

    June 15, 2020
    Treatment
    Medscape

  • People Living Longer, Though Not Healthier, With HIV, Analysis Finds

    People with HIV are living longer, and now have an average life expectancy that approaches that of those who don't have the disease, an analysis of US health data published Monday in JAMA Network Open found.

    June 15, 2020
    General
    UPI

  • HIV and TB Increase Death Risk From COVID-19, Study Finds—But Not by Much

    Living with HIV or active tuberculosis (TB) increases a person’s likelihood of dying from COVID-19, preliminary data from South Africa show. However, the effect is small compared with other known risk factors such as old age and diabetes.

    June 15, 2020
    General
    Science Magazine

  • COVID-19 Slows Down Circumcision

    COVID-19 has slowed down the country's male circumcision programme which is being undertaken under strict adherence to measures such as social distancing and screening of people as they enter health facilities.

    June 15, 2020
    Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
    Bulawayo 24 News

  • Why South Africa’s Coronavirus Outbreak Could Be a ‘Catalyst for Transformation’

    The three-point line and bleachers are the first signs that Khayelitsha Field Hospital is atypical. Once a community sports hall, there are now roughly 60 hospital beds lining center court. Jerseys have been swapped for face masks, visors, and green scrubs, which the medical staff wear to tend to COVID-19 patients.

    June 11, 2020
    General
    National Geographic

  • Amsterdam Aims to Have 0 New HIV Infections by 2026

    The Amsterdam office of mayor and aldermen launched a new action plan with the goal of reducing the number of new HIV infections in the city to zero by 2026. Steps in this plan include expanding testing options and making the use of HIV inhibitor PrEP possible on a larger scale.

    June 11, 2020
    PrEP
    NL Times

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