Reports and Studies
Oct 07, 2019Resurgence: Could AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria make comebacks?Global Fund Advocacy Network (GFAN) - "The world has made remarkable progress over the past two decades to address AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and increased investment can help ensure disease resurgence does not undo these gains. Stepped-up funding for the Global Fund and U.S. bilateral programs is our best defense against future disease resurgence. |
Oct 04, 2019The problem with patentsFrontline AIDS - "Commitments to HIV and universal health coverage are being undermined in middle-income countries. A joint blog by Othoman Mellouk, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), and Matteo Cassolato, Frontline AIDS. |
Oct 02, 2019‘Test and treat’ programmes are failing to reach people at highest risk of HIV transmissionwww.aidsmap.com - "Programmes to scale-up HIV testing and treatment in countries in sub-Saharan Africa may have had less impact on new HIV infections than hoped, partly because they haven’t paid enough attention to groups that contribute disproportionately to HIV acquisition and transmission, experts say. |
Jul 30, 2019UNAIDS calls for greater urgency as global gains slow and countries show mixed results towards 2020 HIV targetsUNAIDS - "Impressive advances in some countries, troubling failures in others as available resources for HIV fall by nearly US$ 1 billion. The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to a new report released today by UNAIDS. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS Update, Communities at the centre, shows a mixed picture, with some countries making impressive gains while others are experiencing rises in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. |
Jul 30, 2019Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free - 2019 ReportUNAIDS - "The Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free report reveals a mixed story. The global targets set for 2018 have been missed by a wide margin in some subregions and countries. Some countries, however, have shown impressive progress and achieved success across all the target areas. These country examples demonstrate that success is possible and highlight the need for a paradigm shift in action across all focus countries to reach the targets by 2020. |
Oct 01, 2019Adolescent HIV treatment in South Africa's national HIV programme: a retrospective cohort studyThe Lancet HIV - "The number of South African adolescents receiving HIV care and treatment in South Africa is growing. By use of routinely collected laboratory data from South Africa's National HIV Programme, we aimed to quantify the numbers of adolescents accessing HIV care and treatment over time, characterise the role of perinatal infection in these trends, and estimate proportions of adolescents seeking HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa's public sector. |