AIDS Alert Archives – March 1, 2005
March 1, 2005
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High antiretroviral drug adherence key in effort to avoid drug resistance
A new study confirms the findings of previous research that antiretroviral drug adherence is a strong predictor of whether drug resistance occurs in HIV patients. -
HIV clinic improves medication adherence
HIV clinicians treating patients who are failing their antiretroviral drug regimens face a conundrum: How do you increase adherence to increasingly difficult medication regimens among a population that has developed drug resistance most likely due to poor adherence in the first place? -
Sex education distorts information on condoms
With a safe HIV microbicide still years away and safe HIV vaccines maybe decades in the future, the worlds health community would do well to focus on making the best use of one of the cheapest and most effective HIV interventions currently available: the latex condom, experts say. -
Teen sexual risk behavior news is both good and bad
The good news is there are many more adolescents who do use condoms today than probably at any other time in history, says Claire Brindis, DrPH, director of the Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy at the University of California, San Francisco. -
Africa, India test sites for anti-HIV microbicide
Phase III effectiveness clinical trials have begun for the potential anti-HIV microbicide cellulose sulfate (Ushercell), formerly called C31G, which already has demonstrated safety when used by women. If the trials go well, the product could be ready for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by 2010. -
Volunteers sought for care in developing countries
Two hundred short-term volunteer health care providers are needed to improve the quality of care provided to more than 500,000 HIV patients in developing countries.