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NEW: Introduction to Combination Therapy – 2012 update
6 April 2012. Related: News.
The new and updated April 2012 edition of this non technical guide to HIV treatment is now available. Read this guide online Download PDF version Order print copies Print copies are free but bulk orders are only free to postal …
First reports from CROI: the cure, new drugs, kids, PrEP and hepC
5 April 2012. Related: News.
The Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is the most important annual HIV conference. Our first reports are mow published in HIV Treatment Bulletin (HTB) online and in print. Exciting and important new breakthroughs including for: cure research, pipeline …
March/April issue of HTB now online
5 April 2012. Related: News.
The March/April edition of HIV Treatment Bulletin is now online. This issue largely features our first coverage from the Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), which this year attracted over 4000 delegates to Seattle. Much of the conference is …
i-Base pregnancy guide: Portuguese edition
2 April 2012. Related: News.
The i-Base guide to HIV, Pregnancy and Women’s Health has been translated into Portuguese by the Lisbon based activist group GAT. This is now available as a PDF format. Download PDF file. (700 Kb) Other i-Base guides in Portuguese are available …
Introduction to combination therapy (April 2012)
1 April 2012. Related: News.
Updated June 2009. This guide includes information about the most important aspects of HIV treatment. Written and reviewed by HIV-positive treatment people in everyday language.
BHIVA treatment guidelines – comments close 5 March
14 February 2012. Related: News.
The long-awaited update of the BHIVA adult treatment guidelines are now posted online in draft format and are available for comment until 5 March 2012. This is the first update since 2008. The guidelines are also based on a new …
HTB January/February now online
1 February 2012. Related: News.
The latest edition of HTB (the last for 2011) is now online, in advance of the print edition. Print copies will be distributed at the end of the week and should be with subscribers (subscription is free!) by next week. …
Testosterone: review of a guide to testosterone replacement therapy
1 February 2012. Related: News.
In the January/February 2012 edition of HIV Treatment Bulletin we reviewed a guide to testosterone replacement therapy. This is the second edition of a book by the US activist Nelson Vergel. It is a users guide to testosterone by an …
New guide: HIV testing and sexual transmission
22 December 2011. Related: News.
Easy to read summary of sexual risks and questions about testing.
Online survey for London patients – please take part
24 November 2011. Related: News.
The UK-CAB is running of short anonymous online survey for people who get their HIV care at clinics in London. The survey should only take five minutes and is important to understand whether the guidelines have been followed. Take the …
New Portuguese edition of Intro guide
12 November 2011. Related: News.
A Portuguese translations of the i-Base Introduction to Combination Therapy has been produced by the HIV activist organisation GAT in Lisbon. A PDF version of this guide can be downloaded here. Please contact GAT for details of print copies. www.gatportugal.org
Pipeline report 2011
10 October 2011. Related: News, Other reports, Publications.
Pipeline report 2011: 2nd edition (September 2011) The second edition of the 2011 pipeline report is now online in PDF format. This has been updated to reflect additional research presented at the IAS conference held in Rome when the first …
New pregnancy guide online and in print
5 October 2011. Related: News.
Updated guide – HIV treatment explained using everyday language.
HIV, pregnancy and women’s health (September 2011)
4 September 2011. Related: News.
Read this guide online Order a free printed copy Download PDF 1.0 Mb This guide aims to help you get the most out of your own HIV treatment and care if you are considering pregnancy or during your pregnancy. It …
HTB Turkey – August 2011
1 September 2011. Related: News.
HIV Tedavi Bülteni Türkiye (HTB Turkey) is a Turkish-language publication produced by an independent group of Turkish doctors, activists and health care workers. The third edition is now available. HTB Türkiye.3_Agustos_2011 PDF (1.5 Mb) 3rd Edition – August 2011 HTB Türkiye.2 …
UK HIV-positive conference: places still available
16 August 2011. Related: News.
On Saturday 24 September a one-day conference for people living with HIV in the UK will be held at the Congress Centre in Central London. Co-ordinated by Positively UK, it will bring together 150 people living with HIV from across …
HTB July/August now online
3 August 2011. Related: News.
The July/August 2011 issue of HTB is now online. i-base.info/htb/date/2011/08 This issue leads with the most important and exciting research from the IAS conference in Rome and the 3rd International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics immediately preceding it. Our reports in …
i-Base guides online in magazine format
2 August 2011. Related: News.
i-Base have posted the range of treatment guides online in a format that makes reading them more like a magazine. Read guides online in a magazine format. (issuu) Currently we have done this for the treatment guides but can also …
IAS 2011: abstracts, slides and webcasts from Rome
26 July 2011. Related: News.
The 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention was held in Rome last week from 17-20 July. This meeting is held every two years and alternates with the much larger World AIDS Conferences also organised by the International …
What’s the risk of HIV transmission when viral load is less than 50?
11 July 2011. Related: News.
This is a great question and the answer would be very important. But currently there is worryingly very little evidence to quantify the risk. A study called PARTNER is looking for sero-different couples (where one partner is HIV-negative and the …