February 2014

Contents

Editorial

• January/February 2014: Volume 15 Number 1/2

Conference reports

• 4th International Workshop on HIV & Women, 13-14 January 2014, Washington

• Women, HIV research and antiretrovirals

• Improved virological outcomes for women starting efavirenz-based first-line regimens in South Africa

• High rates of pregnancy in HIV positive women in Zambia and South Africa

• Contraceptive choices among a Canadian cohort of HIV positive women

• Bone disease and older HIV positive women

• Lower immune response to the qHPV vaccine in HIV positive girls

• HIV exposed vs unexposed babies have lower gestational age and birth weight in Danish study

• Outcomes in infants exposed to lopinavir/ritonavir in utero

• 17th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), 7-11 December 2013, Cape Town

• Two percent rate of efavirenz discontinuation in an ART programme in Malawi

• 6th International Workshop on HIV Persistence During Therapy, 3-6 December 2013, Miami, USA

• Report from the 6th Workshop on HIV Persistence

Antiretrovirals

• Dolutegravir approved in Europe

Treatment access

• BMS to add atazanavir to Patent Pool

• Donors pledge $12 billion to Global Fund for 2014–2016: increase still short of $15 billion goal

• Global Fund and UNAIDS urge Nigeria to reconsider new anti-gay law

Pregnancy

• Data from two cases of rilpivirine use in pregnancy

Guidelines

• BHIVA update adult ARV guidelines (November 2013)

Hepatitis coinfection

• EASL update guidelines for treatment of hepatitis C (2013)

• Sofosbuvir approved in the US and Europe for HCV genotypes 1-6

• Simeprevir approved in the US

• Fair Pricing Coalition criticises cost of new HCV drugs

• Boehringer Ingelheim stops development of deleobuvir for HCV

TB coinfection

• EMA recommends conditional approval of bedaquiline for drug resistant TB with orphan drug status

Cure-related research

• HIV rebounds in Boston stem cell transplant recipients

On the web

• Online journals

• Community publications and reports

PDFs

• Volume 15 Number 1/2 January/February 2014 PDF