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Alternative first-line HIV regimen limits excess weight gain
Starting treatment with a regimen containing doravirine and tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) resulted in less weight gain than starting treatment with a regimen containing dolutegravir and tenofovir alafenamide, a South African study reported yesterday week at the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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New US HIV agreements leave civil society and key populations on the sidelines
The United States is “changing the model, not the mission” of its global HIV programmes, Jeff Graham, acting US Global AIDS Coordinator, told a pre-conference session organised by the US government at AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro on 26 July. Minutes into his presentation, activists took the stage chanting “You lie, people die, restore PEPFAR now.”
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Fiji’s perfect HIV storm
Fiji – a country that would not have been on the agenda at a major HIV conference a decade ago – is now home to the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic, driven mainly by people injecting methamphetamine (meth). “It’s important to talk about what’s happening in Fiji, as it can happen anywhere in the world,” said Dr Jason Mitchell, the head of Fiji’s National HIV Outbreak Cluster Response Task Force at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
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