by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Prevention, Treatment as Prevention |
CROI 2014: Jens Lundgren
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Pediatrics |
CROI 2014: Pediatrics The panel again covers the Mississippi Baby and goes beyond to include a discussion of studies on pediatrics presented at CROI including a study demonstrating that early antiretroviral therapy in perinatal infection reduces long term development...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Pediatrics |
CROI 2014: Lynn Moffetson Mother to child transmission has shifted since the 1980’s from 1 in 4 HIV positive mother’s transmitting HIV to their newborns to today where transmission has gone from 25% down to 3-5%, a stunning transition for HIV Pediatrics....
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | Antiretrovirals, CROI, CROI 2014, Cure, Pediatrics |
CROI 2014: Mississippi Baby Update The Mississippi Baby born in 2010 at high risk of transmission from her mother was started on a triple cocktail immediately after birth, and continued on the medicines as an infected child anticipating that she would stay on those...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Women |
CROI 2014: Women’s Issues Data is discussed from work the single poster presentation at CROI explicitly focused on HIV stigma. The study looked at rural Kenya researching HIV stigma and its social impact on pregnant women and resulted in a link between...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Microbicides, Prevention |
CROI 2014: Microbicides Two prominent members from AVAC’s Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention team expound on the paradigm shift that is occurring around the nomenclature for ‘long lasting’ treatments. New options for HIV prevention exist and are in...
