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CSU 113/2011: HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS

HIV is now driving the TB epidemic in many countries. This hourlong broadcast from CDC gives a detailed overview of all aspects of this problem. CDC also has reference materials for those who don’t have an hour to spare. View at http://www.cdc.go ... read more

CSU 117/2011: VCT AND RCT AMONG PRENATAL ATTENDEES ...

  ‘Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing dramatically increased HIV testing in pregnant women and their partners in Uganda.’  Abstract below; full text at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964695/?tool=pubmed &nbs ... read more

CSU 142/2011: KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS FOR MALE C ...

'Conclusion  More knowledge about MC’s health benefits positively affects people’s attitudes towards MC. The relatively high MC acceptability suggests an enabling environment for the scale-up programme.' http://onlinelibrary.wiley.c ... read more

CSU 161/2011: PMTCT IN KISUMU, KENYA

PMTCT IN KISUMU, KENYA From the editors’ summary:  What Do These Findings Mean? Although these findings are limited by the single-arm design, they support the idea that giving breastfeeding women a triple-ARV regimen from late pregnancy ... read more

CSU 178/2011: PROVIDER INITIATED HIV TESTING, AN A ...

‘The introduction of routine PITC using lay counsellors into health-care clinics in Lusaka, Zambia, dramatically increased the uptake and acceptability of HIV testing.’  Full text, with figures, is at http://www.who.int/bulletin/vol ... read more

CSU 177/2011: HIV PREVALENCE IN ZIMBABWE

HIV in Zimbabwe is disappearing like ‘snow in the desert’, in dramatic contrast to its neighbouring countries, mystifying epidemiologists, one of whom firmly believes the anomaly can be attributed to the country’s relatively high le ... read more

CIRCUMCISED HIV-INFECTED MEN AND HPV TRANSMISSION

‘Male circumcision is important for reduction of not only HIV infection but also HPV infection in HIV-negative men and their female partners. However, its efficacy in reducing HPV transmission seems restricted to HIV-negative men; thus, the res ... read more

NEXT WEEK -- TIME FOR NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON COTRI ...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995188/?tool=pubmed‘While we reaffirm the importance of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-infected children we believe, that with the emergence of new data, especially around the use of antiretrovira ... read more