{"id":34164,"date":"2018-05-21T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=34164"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:07:05","slug":"21-may-2018-vol-19-no-9-dtg-alert-and-bhivabashh-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/34164","title":{"rendered":"21 May 2018: vol 19 no 9: DTG Alert and BHIVA\/BASHH reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34165\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HTB-21-May-2018-cover-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"240\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/date\/2018\/05\/21\">Contents online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HTB-21-May-2018-no-9-2-column.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF of this issue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/forms\/esub.php\">Subscribe by email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This issue of HTB leads with worrying reports of a potential signal of neural tube defects in four women taking dolutegravir at the time of conception. Importantly, there is no signal from dolutegravir use during pregnany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This news only became available as this HTB issue was being finalised. Further news is expected over the next week and we will add this online, with further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the early reports are not confirmed, this highlights a continued problem with the process for access to new ARVs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).<\/p>\n<p>Two further reports in this issue also emphasise the significant gaps in the data from phase 3 studies that limit early use by the global populations most in need of better drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the unfortunate findings with dolutegravir will serve as a warning for better surveillance, inclusion of pregnant women in trials etc.<\/p>\n<p>Generally more positive news is included in our further reports from the 4th Joint BHIVA\/BASHH Conference held in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely more positive is the report that the government has backed down on the policy of NHS medical health records being routinely made available to UK immigration services.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/date\/2018\/05\/21\">Contents online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HTB-21-May-2018-no-9-2-column.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF of this issue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/forms\/esub.php\">Subscribe by email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents online PDF of this issue Subscribe by email This issue of HTB leads with worrying reports of a potential signal of neural tube defects in four women taking dolutegravir at the time of conception. Importantly, there is no signal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}