Periodically, Science Speaks blogs live from major global health events. Click on any of the events below to see our coverage.
HIV
More complete data on PEPFAR results needed, says second GAO treatment report
The second of two reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office reviewing HIV treatment efforts suppported by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief concludes that incomplete information on the results of those efforts will interfere with accurately evaluating partner countries’ abilities to sustain treatment programs. The GAO also has produced a report on PEPFAR [...]
Tuberculosis
Report from Maputo: Snapshots of TB/HIV efforts in Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambia: TB Control Pilot generates recommendations In 2010 a Human Rights Watch report charged the Zambian prison system with severe overcrowding, gross human rights violations and conditions that perpetuate infectious diseases, notably tuberculosis. The report led to a partnership between the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan [...]
Research & Development
HPTN Annual Meeting: Superinfection raises questions, offers insights
What would people living with HIV do differently if they knew that they could be infected again, with a new strain, that could complicate both their disease, and their treatment?