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NHS England offers to fund doubling of PrEP trial
NHS England has said it will fund the doubling of the size of its trial of the HIV prevention drug PrEP to provide an additional 13,000 patients with the drug.
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HIV diagnoses continue to decline as UK meets global prevention targets, says PHE
Public Health England has hailed the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV a success, as the number of new patients diagnosed with the infection continues to decline.
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PrEP rollout has cut new HIV diagnoses, finds Australian study Subscription
Rollout of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV has resulted in a rapid decrease of new infections among men who have sex with men, according to data collected in New South Wales, Australia.
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New HIV diagnoses in the UK continue to decline, says PHE
New HIV diagnoses in the UK have continued to decline over the past decade, with a substantial decrease between 2015–2017, according to the annual HIV report from Public Health England, published on 4 September 2018.
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Charity steps in to fund PrEP access in England and NI
A leading HIV and sexual health charity has announced that it will launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis access fund in autumn 2018 to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the drug.
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Action must be taken now to rejuvenate global HIV response, say leading experts
The HIV pandemic is not on track to end by 2030 and the world must take immediate steps to rejuvenate the HIV response, following through on its HIV-related commitments, according to a report from a Lancet commission led by the International AIDS Society.
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Charity managing England PrEP trial closed down
The charitable trust managing England’s PrEP impact trial has been wound down by its trustees.
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One in four sexual health clinics in England now participating in PrEP trial
More than a quarter of sexual health clinics in England are enrolling patients at risk of HIV in the pre-exposure prophylaxis trial funded by NHS England.
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New HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men falls in UK for first time
For the first time since the beginning of the HIV epidemic more than 30 years ago a fall in the number of new HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men has been recorded, a Public Health England report has said
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First two-drug HIV treatment approved by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first two-drug treatment regimen for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
