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Overview of ARV studies at IAS [July 19-22, 2009, in Cape Town, South Africa]

AIDS Treatment News  Sep 30 09

"The conference included a broad range of important studies that could inform use of currently approved drugs, and first results of a new integrase inhibitor.
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700+ Posters for Gay South African Film Festival Removed by Vandals

Rod Online  Sep 16 09

More than 700 posters for the Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Cape Town, South Africa were "systematically" removed from lamp posts and buildings over a two-day period.
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Coverage of 2009 International AIDS Society conference, July 19–22, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS Treatment News  Aug 01 09

"Most of the oral sessions at the meeting focused on reviewing the current state-of-the-art treatment, biological prevention strategies, patient management and epidemiological data in order to bring continuing education to clinicians and practioners where the epidemic is raging.
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Once-daily Kaletra as safe and effective as twice-daily dosing

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 26 09

"Lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) taken once-daily as part of a combination antiretroviral regimen worked as well as the approved twice-daily dose in previously treated patients but led to better adherence, researchers reported on Tuesday at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Researchers: Zimbabwe’s crisis driving HIV decline

365 Gay News  Jul 24 09

(Cape Town, South Africa) Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it's due in part to a battered economy that's leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.
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Boosted and unboosted atazanavir maintain viral suppression equally well

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 23 09

"Unboosted atazanavir (Reyataz) taken once-daily as part of a combination antiretroviral regimen can keep viral load undetectable in patients who discontinue ritonavir, researchers reported on Wednesday at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Boosted darunavir monotherapy works well in two studies

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 23 09

"Ritonavir-boosted darunavir (Prezista) alone maintains HIV suppression in most patients who achieved an undetectable viral load on combination antiretroviral therapy, according to two studies presented this week at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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South Africa stops funding for AIDS vaccine research

365 Gay News  Jul 20 09

(Cape Town, South Africa) South Africa has stopped funding research on an AIDS vaccine, a leading scientist said Monday, even as a major vaccine trial on humans began in the country ravaged by the world's worst AIDS epidemic.
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World's Largest Open Scientific Conference on HIV/AIDS Uses New Media Tools

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 17 09

"This weekend approximately 5,000 of the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, public health experts and community leaders will convene in Cape Town, South Africa, for the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention (IAS 2009) to “examine the latest developments in HIV-related research, and to explore how scientific advances can—in very practical ways—inform the global response to HIV/AIDS.
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DISRUPTIONS IN HIV DRUG SUPPLIES AND FUNDING ENDANGERING PATIENTS' LIVES

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 17 09

"Recent disruptions in the supply of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs and other essential medical items in at least six African countries are putting HIV patients’ lives at risk, said the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Friday, a day ahead of the International AIDS Society Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
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HIV rate among South African teens has dropped

365 Gay News  Jun 09 09

(Cape Town, South Africa)  The number of new HIV infections among South African teens has dropped significantly, prompting hope that national efforts to tackle the epidemic have finally turned a corner after years of denial and delay.
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