A new article in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) focuses on Point-of-care HIV early infant diagnosis and test sensitivity.
“There are still almost 200,000 new paediatric HIV infections annually in sub-Saharan Africa. This has led to early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) programmes becoming a public health priority, but until recently, EID has required specialist laboratory equipment and trained personnel which is only feasible in urban, centralized facilities(…)”
Report by Kirby Institute says a quarter of the people who test positive for the virus have had it for at least 4 years without realizing it.
A photography exhibition portraying the inspirational stories of people living with HIV opened in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 7 September.
“At a time of adversity, Brazil had the courage and the commitment to start treatment for people living with HIV, and this was key to achieving 15 million people on treatment today in the world. We are asking leaders again today to Fast-Track the response to reach the end of the epidemic by 2030.” – Luiz Loures, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director
The NIH supports a comprehensive portfolio of biomedical, behavioral, and social science research on HIV and its associated coinfections, comorbidities, and other complications. The Office of AIDS Research (OAR), a component of the NIH Office of the Director, is legislatively mandated to coordinate, plan, evaluate, and budget for the NIH AIDS research program. Building on the most recent scientific progress and scientific opportunities to most likely contribute to ending the AIDS pandemic, developing a cure for HIV/AIDS, and achieving an AIDS-free generation, NIH has identified the highest HIV/AIDS research priorities for the next 3-5 years. NIH will use these guidelines to ensure that AIDS resources are supporting the highest HIV/AIDS research priorities. The overarching NIH HIV/AIDS research priorities are: 1) research to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, including the development of safe and effective HIV/AIDS vaccines; 2) development of the next generation of HIV therapies with improved safety and ease of use; 3) research towards a cure for HIV/AIDS; and 4) HIV-associated comorbidities and co-infections. Basic research, health disparities, and training that cross-cut these priorities also will be supported. These priorities were informed by the OAR Advisory Council’s recommendations, the Annual Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research, and input from NIH leadership. Implementation of these priorities will begin with fiscal year 2016 funding of HIV/AIDS research.
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