In France, senior and Poz: no retreat for HIV

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May 032013
 
Even with white teeth, you can reveal to you Poz. © OraQuick (OraSure) .

Even with white teeth, you can reveal to you Poz. © OraQuick (OraSure) .

(Blogmensgo, May 3, 2013) Two studies on HIV over 60 years, presented April 19, 2013, seniors are in France 10% of HIV receiving specific care to HIV / AIDS. But the study of the association aids and the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) of the Ministry of Health does not always overlap.

DGS interviewed 54 HIV-positive people 60 years or older. Aids (brief overview here ) interviewed 52 HIV aged 50 years.

The study of DGS emphasizes the quality and comprehensiveness of care received. Patients 60 years or more have a higher course their cadets by the fact that median income were contaminated after 30 years, so after a period of work in principle without serious illness. But they are also entitled to free medical care, thanks to the French principle of long-term illness (ALD), which provides support to 100% without having to pay for care.  ‘s Aides said for his part that one in five patients is little or not at all satisfied with his medical history, lack of dialogue, listening and quality monitoring.

Premature aging

In aid, it highlights the fact that such pathology involves premature aging: “The age-related diseases appear from 50 years while the average is 65 for the general population,” says the association. Those interviewed by Aids highlight the problems of fatigue and its impact on everyday life.  Instead, the DGS is a tendency to report better health than we are, believing that the effects of HIV are only due age.

Self-tests, it is better than nothing

Let’s use this article to point out, with the arrival in France of “self-tests to screen for HIV infection”, that most players now agree on a minimum consensus: yes to tests, as they are likely to strengthen case detection and thus to report HIV infections before they report themselves, but only as a supplementary self-tests, that is to say, a self-test, even negative, is not replace a full classical screening.  ‘s  National AIDS Council ( NAC , cf.’s official position updated in March 2013) and the Ministry of Health, but also aids and Act Up-Paris in fact believe today self-tests are likely to reach an audience previously unavailable or unwilling to traditional information and prevention campaigns.

This article has been translated from our French blog, to view the original, click here.

Philca & Matt / MensGo

(via The World April 9 [Autotest] and Le Figaro April 19 [Senior])

 

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South Africa adopts low-cost single dose antiretrovirals

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Apr 132013
 
ARV: priorities of the South African government (click to enlarge). © Gov.za.

ARV: priorities of the South African government (click to enlarge). © Gov.za.

(Blogmensgo, April 13, 2013) The South African government officially launched on April 8, 2013, a program to massively distribute antiretroviral single outlet. The Minister of Health , Aaron Motsoaledi Pakishe says that treatment will only cost 89 rand per patient or 7.50 euros (per month, it seems).

Each tablet contains a combination of six elements, because of one tablet per day. Will result in a significant reduction of logistics costs and bring prices down. So much so that the ARV is “the cheapest in the world,” the minister said.

The Minister said that the distribution of antiretrovirals single dose will be extended from June, under the 2013-2014 fiscal year. From April 8, 2013, approximately 930,000 patients will benefit through the 3000 public clinics nationwide. This will be a first step of the new cases of HIV infection, pregnant women and nursing mothers, the Minister specifies in a statement .

Patients who are already taking antiretroviral therapy in multiple can migrate to new drugs after clinical evaluation by their physician. Will then be considered as priority patients whose viral load is undetectable and resent stavudine included in their current antiretroviral therapy.

Ultimately, new antiretrovirals are administered to an estimated 2.5 million patients through an agreement with Aspen Pharmcare laboratories, Cipla Medpro and Mylan Pharmaceuticals.

With today 6 million HIV-positive (11% of the population) with 1.9 million people on antiretrovirals, South Africa is one of the most affected by HIV / AIDS country.

The South African AIDS Council ( Sanac ) welcomes this initiative, noting that 70% of South African poz also suffer from tuberculosis and antiretroviral multiple decision undermine the effectiveness of treatment because of difficulties with respect to the dose.

This article has been translated from our French blog, to view the original, click here.

Philca & Matt / MensGo

(via all the press of 8 April 2013, with EyeWitness News and Liberation )

 

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“Break The Chains” is coming back stronger.

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Mar 142013
 
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Blogmensgo, March 14th, 2013.  The HIV prevention campaign “Break The Chains” is coming back stronger.  
The HIV prevention campaign “Break The Chains”, which was first carried out in Zürich and Geneva in 2012, is launched this year in the whole of Switzerland. The campaign aims to refrain the spread of HIV among gay men. The first edition was a success. According to a survey from the University of Lausanne, around 80% of the gay men in Zürich had heard about “Break The Chains”. The App for 2013 is now available to download. With regard to the new infections in 2012, which increased among gay men, the initiators consider the campaign as an major tool to break the spread of the virus.
“Men who are aware that they have spread HIV is nowadays very seldom. Most of the transmissions occur during the so-called Primary HIV infection phase among men who have recently infected themselves and are still unaware of their HIV status. In the primary phase, the viral load is extensively higher than in the later phase” says the project manager Andreas Lehner. “Break The Chains” aims to prevent new infections among the campaign’s participants during the whole month of April. This way, the chains of HIV transmission can be broken.

High awareness among gay men:
According to the Gay Survey 2012 of the University Institute of Social and Preventive medicine in Lausanne, around 80% of the gay men in the area of Zürich heard of the campaign “Break The Chains”. In the area of Geneva, this proportion reaches 75% and 70% for the rest of Switzerland. 54, 7% of the gay men in Zürich felt concerned by “Break The Chains” and knew its messages. The number of HIV test carried out after the campaign increased by 17,9%.
The Checkpoints Zürich, Basel, Vaud, and Geneva, who launch “Break The Chains” under the commission of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and with the collaboration of the Swiss AIDS Federation, see in the good results of the campaign the sign that it is well targeted. In that sense, this campaign should be repeated several years.

A community based campaign with a Smartphone App.   
This year again, “Break The Chains” will call gay men to adapt their risk behavior consequently during the month of April, and take an HIV test in May. Experts believe that the number of new HIV infections can be reduced this way. A Smartphone App delivers all the instructions on how to commit in the campaign. The App is now available to download for free on www.breakthechains.ch.

“Break The Chains” is supported by the gay community. It is a campaign developed and launched by gay men for gay men. As a result, the campaign is highly accepted in the community. In addition, over 50 volunteers from whole of Switzerland have committed this year to be ambassadors for “Break The Chains” and its goals.

More information is available on www.breakthechains.ch.

Break The Chains is a health campaign that aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the gay community. It is financially supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and it is part of its Urgent Action Plan. It is carried out by the Checkpoints Zürich, Basel, Vaud and Geneva in collaboration with the Swiss AIDS Federation. Its goal is to avoid once a year any new HIV-infection during the month of April, and motivate gay men to take an HIV test in May in order to diagnose HIV-positive men unaware of their HIV status. Every gay man is motivated in March to participate and declare in April its commitment in the campaign. Half of the new HIV infections in Switzerland concerns presently gay men. Without an additional campaign it is estimated that the number of HIV-positive men would double by 2020. !
Checkpoint – Health centers for men who have sex with men There are currently four Checkpoints in Switzerland (Basel, Geneva, Lausanne and Zürich). The Swiss Checkpoint concept is an international model for similar projects in Cologne, Munich, Barcelona and Athens. They offer HIV tests and tests for other communicable sexual diseases (STI tests), one to one  and couple counseling, as well as peer-to-peer projects for people with HIV and young gay men. Other important actions are the mobile testing and interventions in the gay scene. More information on your Checkpoint, your local offer and schedule:  www.checkpoint-zh.ch, www.checkpoint-bs.ch, www.checkpoint-ge.ch, checkpoint-vd.ch.

Matt / MensGo

Via press release of 13 March 2013

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