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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 …

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. …

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 …

Easy to read summary of sexual risks and questions about testing.

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 …

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: 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 …

Updated guide – HIV treatment explained using everyday language.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

The i-Base Q&A information service answered over 2000 questions last year. This one looks at research about HIV and cocaine use. Cocaine is widely used. In small amounts most people are lucky and are likely to have limited long-term affects. …

The changes to ARV prescribing in London were first reported in detail by i-Base here in April. We are now hearing from people where the new guidelines are not being followed. This includes cases of people having medications switched without a …

This edition of HTB might be appropriately tagged The Conference Issue as it includes reports from five meetings covering a wide range of treatment issues. We lead with a report from a workshop held in South Africa in March, that …

We are looking people who are dynamic, treatment literate and self motivated, who are happy to work independently and also as part of a team. There will be opportunities to develop new projects within the organisation. The successful candidates are …

An international workshop on nanomedicine for infectious diseases related to poverty was held in Magaliesberg, South Africa from 27–31 March 2011 and attended by about 70 delegates from 20 countries. This report includes an introduction to nanotechnology with examples for …