The United States CDC is pursuing several different prevention avenues to address the onset of HIV/AIDS in the female population. Some of these endeavours could be equally effective when employed here in Singapore.
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Video: Advancing the treatment of HIV/AIDS towards a cure
Advancing the treatment of HIV/AIDS until there is a cure: Jim Demarest at TEDxElonUniversity
Continue readingVideo: HAART Treatment for HIV
A video of how HAART works. HAART is a highly effectively HIV treatment regimen.
Continue readingSide Effects and Tolerability of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Triple Drug Regime
Side effects evident among HCP receiving PEP triple-drug regimen are: fatigue, gastroenterological symptoms, liver dysfunction and drug rash
Continue readingNon-occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Visits Prevent More Than Just HIV
HIV nPEP visits present an important opportunity to test and manage bacterial STI’s and viral hepatitis in the infected patients.
Continue readingWORLD AIDS DAY – For Awareness, Hope & Commemoration of The Warriors Fighting AIDS.
United Nations, together with world leaders, non-profit organizations and global advocates, has marked December 1 as World AIDS day. What happened in 2015?
Continue readingLow Knowledge Levels on PEP among Cameroonian Nurses
Knowledge of nurses on PEP for HIV in Cameroon is low. Training to increase awareness is necessary to reduce risk of occupational HIV.
Continue readingDiagnosing HIV – Concepts and tests
A video by Khan Academy on the different ways to diagnose the HIV virus.
Continue readingNatural Conception in HIV-Serodiscordant Couples Possible
Advancement in HIV treatment making natural conception possible among couples where one partner is HIV-positive risks infecting the other.
Continue readingVideo: The emergence of the end of HIV
Will Nutland proposes that instead of the Hollywood style ‘end of AIDS moment’ fantasy, the end of AIDS will be a process with a number of emerging endpoints. In this eye-opening talk, Will introduces a number of emerging treatments and discusses their efficacy and levels of acceptability. He surmises that the end might happen without us even noticing.
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