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PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. A way HIV negative people can use HIV meds to stay HIV negative – even if you don’t use condoms. 1. UK guide to PrEP 24-page A5 booklet, also onliine. 2. Pocket PrEP 16-page A7-sized …

Q&As about HIV treatment Your questions answered online or privately by email.

Easy guides to HIV treatment and prevention 10 guides: starting ART, PrEP, side effects, changing ART, pregnancy etc.

Having a baby involves much more than the medical and practical side to pregnancy. For many people it is a central part of their life. Although HIV makes life more complicated, you can still have children and a family. ART …

If you have just been diagnosed this can be a difficult time. Hey, slow down. Take time. It is going to be okay. Take time Finding out you are HIV positive is often not expected. Even if this is something you …

Info about every HIV drug All publications & resources Advocate training: a treatment manual Glossary: medical words explained Order & subscribe

ART (HIV treatment) uses very effective drugs with a low risk of side effects You and your doctor can choose and change ART – so that you have the best quality of life. If side effects occur, they are usually …

World Community Advisory Board (World CAB) The World CAB was an early international network of HIV treatment activists that are focussed on better global access to HIV and other treatments. It was first coordinated by activists from i-Base in the …

This online resource explains how research studies work and why they are important. It covers how to understand the results and the roles of the advocate in research. Read this chapter online (Section 8 of the training manual for advocates, …

Read HTB online PDFs Subscribe – it’s free HIV Treatment Bulletin is a technical review that is published every 4 weeks: roughly 12 times a year. HTB also includes related issues including  COVID-19 and monkeypox. Articles cover conference reports, journal …

Monkeypox crisis in UK – plus CROI, bNAbs, COVID, ANCHOR, PrEP and more…

This resource explains some of the ideas and science behind HIV and treatment. It is easy to read. Each section includes a picture and summary notes. Additional text in each section tells a more detailed story. It was developed as …

Diagrams of HIV life cycle showing how different types of drugs work. Picture from ‘Treatment Training from Advocates‘.

Guia embarazo y VIH (2020) – PDF (1.5 MB) Spanish pregnancy guide

diabetes – when the body either does not produce enough insulin (a hormone that helps the body turn sugar into energy) or is not responding to insulin (insulin resistance). There are two main types of diabetes and they have different …

Trial Tracker is a new i-Base resource that publishes routinely updated tables on the web. This is freely available via i-Base’s Google Docs. Op ART trial tracker i-Base’s Op ART trial tracker follows research on optimised antiretroviral treatment for low- …

Guia sobre hepatite C para as pessoas que vivem com o VIH 2018 – PDF (1.3 MB) Portuguese translation and adaption by GAT, Lisbon. www.gatportugal.org

i-Base has run treatment workshops with the following organisations. African Community Involvement Association (ACIA) African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) Aventis/Dermik training, Longfield Barnardos Project, African Support Group, Leeds Bloomsbury Patients Network Body and Soul, London Brent and Harrow PCT Brighton …

CD4 count – number of CD4 cells in a cubic millimetre of blood. CD4 counts results are given as a number that can be anywhere from 0 to over 2000 (rarely). The range for an HIV-negative person is usually quoted …