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Reports from AIDS 2016 and linked workshops
29 July 2016. Related: News.
Reports from AIDS 2016 include PrEP and new drugs plus news from the pre-conference paediatric and TB workshops…
PROUD study closes leaving participants with no access to PrEP
29 July 2016. Related: News.
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 29 July 2016, the PROUD study website announced that the study will close without being able to continue to provide participants with oral PrEP. [1] The press release blames NHS England for cancelling the previous …
CERO: No se registró ningún caso de transmisión del VIH vinculado a la pareja en el estudio PARTNER, tras 58.000 relaciones sexuales sin usar condón
21 July 2016. Related: News, Spanish.
Simon Collins, VIH i-Base Los resultados del estudio PARTNER publicados en coincidencia con la conferencia AIDS 2016, que se inaugura en Durban (Sudáfrica) la próxima semana, revelan el impacto del tratamiento antirretroviral en la drástica reducción de la transmisión del …
Pipeline reports: i-Base/TAG annual reviews (2010 – 2016)
20 July 2016. Related: News, Other reports, Publications.
NOTE: For later pipeline reports produced as the i-Base Fit For Purpose publications please see: https://i-base.info/hiv-pipeline-reports-2010-2019 From 2010 – 2016, i-Base collaborated with Treatment Action Group (TAG) to produce an annual review of latest research. Since 2017, i-Base produce separate …
Preguntas y Respuestas sobre el estudio PARTNER: Cómo interpretar el resultado de cero transmisiones
20 July 2016. Related: News, Spanish.
El siguiente cuestionario está relacionado con el estudio PARTNER que fue publicado en la edición del 12 de julio de 2016 de Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), cuya versión completa está disponible de forma gratuita. A continuación se …
Q&A on the PARTNER study: how to interpret the zero transmission results
12 July 2016. Related: News.
Full paper published in JAMA as open access article.
Pipeline report 2016
10 July 2016. Related: News, Other reports, Publications.
Annual overview of HIV and TB pipeline research: paediatrics and adults
May/June HTB now online
7 June 2016. Related: News.
NHS decision to block PrEP, reports from BHIVA, EASL, CROI and HIV and Women conferences, use of HPV vaccine – and remembering i-Base founder Paul Blanchard…
Activists convince Washington Post that Pfizer lowers prices: global action highlights fairer alternatives – this story has been removed!
2 April 2016. Related: News.
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base The dominant market structure where pharmaceutical drug pricing blocks access to otherwise cheap-to-manufacture life-saving medicines from the people who most need them, was highlighted by international activists on Friday. This was a coordinated action linking community-based …
Sign-on for PrEP to be raised in Parliament
23 March 2016. Related: News.
Sign on now… Approved in the US, France, Canada and South Africa. Public discussion banned by NHS England… access blocked in UK
March/April HTB now online
22 March 2016. Related: News.
Dozens of studies from CROI 2016: PrEP, new HIV drugs, paediatric and access… plus STOP-PRESS news that NHS England blocks PrEP in the UK…
CROI 2016 – first reports: PrEP, new HIV drugs, cure and access
19 February 2016. Related: News.
First reports from CROI in Boston: dozens of studies and an overview of other issues…
January/February HTB now online
5 February 2016. Related: News.
Access to care in the UK, generic dolutegravir at $44 per year, new US and WHO guidelines, PrEP submited for EU approval…
Treatment training manual for advocates (2016)
1 February 2016. Related: News.
This manual contains eight modules with questions and answers. This manual is designed for people with no previous knowledge of the subjects. Read the manual online – please check dates for each section. The current online web pages for sections 1 to …
Xmas and New Year opening hours
23 December 2015. Related: News.
i-Base will run a reduced treatment information service between Christmas and the New Year. If you have an urgent enquiry during this period, please contact your clinic. The phoneline will be closed between 23rd December and 4th January. We will …
PrEP on Channel 4 news: community activists on need for PrEP in UK now…
20 December 2015. Related: Advocates, HIV positive people, News.
On 16 December 2015, Channel 4 news include a short story about PrEP. Watch on YouTube. The report included interviews with activists from i-Base and the community PrEP organisations I Want PrEP Now and Prepster. We hope this raises the …
November/December HTB now online
1 December 2015. Related: News.
News and reports to challenge HIV treatment and prevention strategies for 2016… EACS 2015, access, guidelines, PrEP
AEGiS – global online treatment information library and news archive
25 November 2015. Related: Advocacy and learning materials, Archive, News.
For more than two decades, AEGiS was the largest and most comprehensive online HIV library. It was also one of the first organisations to prioritise open-access to resources on HIV and AIDS. Unfortunately, increasing difficulty with sustaining funding meant that this …
Pocket pregnancy guide (2015)
18 November 2015. Related: Guides, News, Publications.
< Pocket pregnancy guide is a small i-Base leaflet about HIV and pregnancy. It includes information about planning your pregnancy, using ART, delivery and after care including feeding. This includes a focus on the importance of the mothers’ health and how this …
Early reports from the 15th European AIDS Conference in Barcelona (EACS)
22 October 2015. Related: News.
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base The 15th European AIDS Conference (EACS) is being held this year from 21-24 October 2015. This news page will list links to early reports. However, the unexpected results from the first of these reports on dolutegravir …