Uptake of voluntary counseling and testing increased dramatically in intervention communities during the first two years of a community-randomised controlled HIV prevention study in four countries, according to an article in the December... more>

A small Ugandan study has shown that 1200mg of fluconazole per day appears to be a better treatment for cryptococcal meningitis than 400 to 800mg per day, which is the dosage typically administered to patients in many African health facilities.... more>

Researchers have reported that while HIV-positive children in Uganda and the United Kingdom/Ireland responded similarly to antiretroviral therapy in most regards, the Ugandan children lagged behind in CD4 cell recovery and body growth.... more>

today's news

• Promising early results for large-scale study of community-level HIV prevention initiative
• Fluconazole shown to be more effective against cryptococcal meningitis at higher dose
• Different paediatric responses to antiretroviral therapy in Uganda and the United Kingdom/Ireland may reflect differences in nutrition and access to cotrimoxazole
• Children starting HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa have a low risk of death
• Widespread resistance to antiretrovirals among children in the Central African Republic