Multi-Disease Health Fairs, Universal "Test and Treat" Help East African Communities Achieve HIV Benchmarks | HIV.gov

Multi-Disease Health Fairs, Universal "Test and Treat" Help East African Communities Achieve HIV Benchmarks | HIV.gov

NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Research Highlights from the Second Day of AIDS 2018 (Video) July 25, 2018—HIV.gov As part of HIV.gov's series of Facebook Live dispatches from the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam, we spoke again today with Carl Dieffenbach, Ph.D., who shared highlights from the conference's second full day of HIV research presentations. Dr. Dieffenbach is the Director of the Division of AIDS at NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases... [READ MORE]

CDC’s Hank Tomlinson Live from AIDS 2018 on Successes in the Global Response to HIV (Video)

July 25, 2018—HIV.gov

To discuss news about the global response to HIV coming out of the 22nd International AIDS Conference today, we spoke with Hank Tomlinson, PhD, Director of CDC's Division of Global HIV & TB (DGHT). The division he oversees supports global TB and HIV treatment, care and prevention programs in 45 countries. CDC/DGHT is one of the implementing partners for PEPFAR...

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Video: Live from AIDS 2018 with USAID’s Polly Dunford July 25, 2018—HIV.gov Polly Dunford, the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of HIV/AIDS, joined us at AIDS 2018 today to discuss the critical global work the agency is doing to serve people living with HIV and prevent new transmissions. Her colleague at USAID, Rachel Smidt, conducted the interview... [READ MORE]

Fauci: HIV Remission Free of Antiretroviral Therapy Is a Feasible Goal

July 25, 2018—NIAID

Long-lasting control of HIV infection without antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal that deserves vigorous pursuit, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., asserted during a lecture today at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. Dr. Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. His lecture is titled, "Durable Control of HIV Infection in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges"...

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Multi-Disease Health Fairs, Universal "Test and Treat" Help East African Communities Achieve HIV Benchmarks

July 25, 2018—NIAID

People living with HIV in rural East African communities that hosted annual community health campaigns initiated antiretroviral therapy earlier and had higher levels of overall survival and viral suppression than communities receiving standard HIV care, according to study data presented today at a press conference at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam...

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