Antiretroviral Drugs

The "Best Hope" for AIDS Vaccine Advocacy

Mitchell Warren | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Hiv, Prep, Research and Development, Science, Male Circumcision, Vaccine, Aids, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Antiretroviral Drugs, Impact News
Mitchell Warren

If the world acts with strategy and speed to implement the proven and emerging options, the epidemic should be on a measurable downward trajectory over the next five to ten years. Why, then, do we still need an AIDS vaccine? Because we want to end the epidemic.

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Giving Mothers a Very Special Gift

Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Unaids, Pepfar, Mothers2mothers, Aids, Global Plan, Mothers Day Every Day, Global Health, Antiretroviral Treatment, HIV Cure, Maternal Health Africa, Hiv Infections, Public Health, Hiv, Global Maternal Health, Health Systems, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Mothers Day, White Ribbon Alliance, Mothers, HIV Prevention, Maternal and Child Health, Health Care, Blc, Rwanda, Antiretroviral Drugs, Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Born Hiv-Free, One, Pediatrics, Children's Health, Impact News
Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD

What is the greatest gift we can give a mother this Mother's Day? There are many answers, but one is a healthy life for her and her child. This Mother's Day, let's sharpen our resolve to ensure mothers everywhere have children who are born HIV-free.

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World Leaders Must Keep Commitment to Fighting HIV Or Risk Losing Hard-Won Gains

Bob Carter, M.D. | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Health Africa, G8 Summit, AIDS Awareness, Hiv, G8, HIV/AIDS Africa, HIV/AIDS, Global Health, Dear G8, Aids, Antiretroviral Drugs, Impact News
Bob Carter, M.D.

As a doctor practicing in Africa, I have seen the AIDS pandemic unfold. I have witnessed the spread of HIV slow down as progress has been made in identifying effective prevention strategies.

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Can Patent Pools Get More AIDS Drugs to Patients?

David de Ferranti | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Patents, HIV/AIDS, HIV Drugs, AIDS Drugs, Aids Drug Patents, Arvs, Antiretroviral Drugs, Impact News
David de Ferranti

Although many of the ARVs in widespread use in low- and middle-income countries now are already off-patent, the new and better drugs that are still needed would be subject to patent protection.

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Meaningful Change: An AIDS-free Generation by 2015

Deborah Dugan | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Hiv Aids Epidemic, Global Health Aids, AIDS Awareness, Red Aids Antiretrovirals, (RED) AIDS, Hiv Aids, AIDS Africa, Global Health Hiv, HIV Aids Antiretrovirals, Antiretroviral Drugs, HIV/AIDS, Impact News
Deborah Dugan

After more than three decades of destruction, we are finally at a turning point and on a path to winning the war against HIV/AIDS.

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Who Gets the HAART? Policy Implications for a Limited Resource

Ward Cates | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Haart, World AIDS Day 2011, Antiretroviral Drugs, World AIDS Day, World News
Ward Cates

Shouldn't we immediately ramp up access to HAART for everyone in the world who needs it? Of course we should. However, that's easier said than done. Providing universal ARV therapy globally will be expensive.

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A Call For Public-Private Partnerships For HIV Prevention

Ward Cates | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDs Epidemic, Antiretroviral Drugs, Public-Private Partnerships, Healthy Living Health News, Pharmaceutical Industry, Healthy Living Body, Aids Research, Arvs, HIV/AIDS Research, Healthy Living News
Ward Cates

As the world celebrates the latest scientific findings in the fight against AIDS/HIV, we are reminded that the public-private partnership involves being able to both "do good" and also "do well".

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AIDS: The Next 30 Years

Mitchell Warren | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Unaids, Treatment, Un, Prevention, Aids, Vaccines, Aids 30th Anniversary, Hptn 052, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, AIDs Epidemic, HIV/AIDS Treatment, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Mitchell Warren

This week the world has been looking back at 30 years of AIDS. But what about the next thirty years? Could we see an end to AIDS?

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30 Years of HIV/AIDS: How Many More?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Antiretroviral Drugs, Healthy Living Body, HIV/AIDS Treatment, 30 Years of HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS 30th Anniversary, Hiv Infection, AIDs Epidemic, Healthy Living News
Mark Ishaug

But make no mistake -- despite numerous advances, HIV/AIDS is not over. Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States becomes infected with the virus.

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Cash-Strapped States Cut Funding For HIV, AIDS Drugs

Washington Post | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, U.S. Economy, HIV Medications, Hiv/Aids Drugs Funding, Florida Aids Drug Assistance Program, Economy, HIV/AIDS Drugs, States Budget Crisis, Antiretroviral Drugs, States Budget Cuts, Politics News

Cash-strapped states are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients. The result: more than 8,300 people -- a record numb...

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Nonprofit Calls On Johnson & Johnson To Do More For HIV/AIDS Patients

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Doctor-Without-Borders, HIV Medications, Developing Countries, HIV Cure, Johnson & Johnson, Antiretroviral Drugs, Impact News

USAID reports that over 33.3 million people currently suffer from HIV/AIDS around the world. The condition is the leading cause of death in Sub-Sahara...

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Controlling AIDS in Our Time

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, HIV Positive Mothers, Aids, Global Fund, Antiretroviral Drugs, HIV Cure, Impact News
Michel D. Kazatchkine

Two questions burn in the hearts of every HIV-positive expecting mother: Will I live to see my child grow up? And will the baby be born free from HIV? Today, for more and more women, the answer is "yes."

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Global AIDS Funding and China

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Health, The Global Fund, HIV/AIDS, Obama Global Health Initiative, Global Health Initiative, World AIDS Day, Hiv/Aids China, World Aids Day 2010, Pepfar Funding, Global Fund Funding, Antiretroviral Drugs, Africa, Pepfar, Anand Reddi, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Millennium Development Goals, President Barack Obama, Malaria, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Mdg, Tuberculosis, President Hu Jintao, China, HIV Cure, World News
Anand Reddi

The Global Fund provides funds and support to the hardest-hit countries that lack the resources to address their epidemics. However, one of the largest recipients is the second largest economy in the world: China.

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Creating an AIDS-Free Generation

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS-Free Generation, Aids, Antiretroviral Drugs, World AIDS Day, Avrs, HIV Cure, Impact News
Susan Smith Ellis

For the first time since this disease began to take hold in our society three decades ago, we have the potential to witness the birth of a generation of HIV-free babies. It is an inspiring time. We cannot lose focus now.

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Oprah Misses the Mark on HIV/AIDS... Again

Kellee Terrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Media Criticism, Living With HIV/AIDs, Oprah Winfrey Show, Victims, Magic Johnson, LGBT Issues, Oprah, Pop Culture, Gay, Condoms, Antiretroviral Drugs, Entertainment News
Kellee Terrell

Instead of anything substantial, eye-opening or educational, Winfrey decided to focus on issues that distort the epidemic.

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Financing Global Health Aid and Protecting Wall Street: Enact a Financial Speculation Tax

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antiretroviral Drugs, Global Health, Doctors Without Borders, Africa, HIV Prevention, Lantos-Hyde Act, Anand Reddi, Maternal Health, Barack Obama, Currency Tax, HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Financial Speculation Tax, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Partners in Health, Obama Global Health Initiative, Global Health Initiative, Maternal and Child Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Politics News, Pete Stark, World News, Nelson Mandela, Business News, World News
Anand Reddi

A 0.005% financial speculation tax -- a "pinprick" for international banks -- would be an important stream of revenue for domestic and global development initiatives.

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Truth and Reconciliation: President Obama's Global Health Initiative and HIV/AIDS -- Raising the Bar

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Lantos-Hyde Act, Ezekiel Emanuel, Tom Coburn, Pepfar, Maternal and Child Health, Antiretroviral Drugs, Partners in Health, Desmond Tutu, Medecins Sans Frontieres, International AIDS Conference 2010, Doctors Without Borders, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Obama Global Health Initiative, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President George W. Bush, Bill Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, Global Health, Africa, Maternal Health, Politics, World Health Organization, Vienna Aids Conference, President Barack Obama, Global Health Initiative, Anand Reddi, New York Times, University of Colorado School of Medicine, World News
Anand Reddi

Eradication of HIV is possible if the world community remains fully committed to funding cost-effective antiretroviral treatment initiatives. Treating our way out is indeed possible.

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United States Global Health Policy: HIV/AIDS Treatment Funding At Risk Under President Obama

Anand Reddi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Health, International AIDS Conference, World Health Organization, Vienna Aids Conference, Pepfar, Ezekiel Emanuel, Maternal Health, Antiretroviral Drugs, HIV Prevention, Lantos-Hyde Act, Desmond Tutu, International AIDS Conference 2010, Doctors Without Borders, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Partners in Health, Obama Global Health Initiative, Maternal and Child Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President George W. Bush, Bill Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, Politics, Africa, President Barack Obama, Global Health Initiative, Anand Reddi, University of Colorado School of Medicine, New York Times, World News
Anand Reddi

The diminishing commitment by the G8 towards HIV/AIDS treatment funding is a major topic at the Vienna AIDS conference. Sadly, the perception that HIV/AIDS is no longer an emergency is misinformed.

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GLITZ, HOPE AND DESPAIR: The XVIII International AIDS Conference Unrolls

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Waiting Lists, Global Fund, Mother-Infant Transmission, International Conference, Vienna, Aids, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Chris Norwood

The XVIII International AIDS Conference opened in Vienna with its 25,000 attendees and its peculiar combination of glitz, tragic desperat...

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Will Obama Keep up the Fight on Global AIDS?

Leila Nimatallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Global Fund, Orphans, International AIDS Conference, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Leila Nimatallah

With AIDS still killing 7,400 people each day, now is not the time to slow down, especially when you consider the impact of the crisis on children.

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The Life Changing Impact of 40 Cents a Day

Concillia Muhau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV in Africa, Aids, Global Fund, Hiv, (Product)RED, AIDS in Africa, Antiretroviral Drugs, Video, Impact News
Concillia Muhau

People all over the world should know that that 40 cents can give a person with HIV/AIDS the drugs that will help them live.

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One Step Closer to Universal AIDS Prevention and Care

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unaids, Hiv, Africa AIDS, Unicef, HIV Testing, United Nations, Un Report, Africa, Arv, Malaria, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Aids, Health Care, Uberculosis, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Susan Smith Ellis

It can cost as little as 40 cents a day to provide ARV treatment to an individual in Africa and just $26 to provide the medicine to help prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child.

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Why We Can't Forget about HIV/AIDS in Health-Care Reform

David Mixner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senator Kennedy, HIV/AIDS, Biologics, Healthcare, Antiretroviral Drugs, Healthy Living News
David Mixner

For nearly three decades, too many people have died and millions more are living with HIV/AIDS' painful realities. Stated simply, it is far from over.

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Cambodia: 'AIDS Colony' Violates Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Cambodia, Health, Vietnam Cambodia, Phnom Penh-Cambodia, HIV Prevention, Sanitation, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Human Rights Watch

"By bundling people living with HIV together into second-rate housing, far from medical facilities, support services, and jobs, the government has created a de facto AIDS colony," said Shiba.

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Can HIV/AIDS Donors be the Lead "Gender Bender" of Global Development?

Nandini Oomman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS Donors, HIV/AIDS, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global Fund, World Bank, HIV/AIDS Africa, Antiretroviral Drugs, Pepfer, World News
Nandini Oomman

When it comes to HIV/AIDS and gender, big donors talk the talk but sometimes stumble when it comes time to walk the walk in the prevention, treatment and care programs that they fund.

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