Children & Adolescents
Children & Adolescents
April 10 is National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
April 10 is National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), an opportunity to promote education and raise awareness about the epidemic among young people in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), youth age 13 to 24 accounted for just over a quarter of all new HIV infections in 2010 -- rising to nearly 40% if those up to age 29 are included -- with an especially high burden among young gay and bisexual black and Latino men.
CROI 2016: Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Provides No Benefit for HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Challenging current guidelines, prolonged use of cotrimoxazole may not be necessary for HIV-exposed but uninfected children in low-mortality, non-malarial settings with low risk for late mother-to-child transmission throug breastfeeding, Roger Shapiro told participants at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) in Boston.
CROI 2016: Dolutegravir Is Safe and Highly Effective for Older Children with HIV
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Friday, 26 February 2016 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Dolutegravir (Tivicay) plus an optimized background regimen is safe, well tolerated, and provides virological efficacy in HIV-infected children from 6 to 12 years of age at 48 weeks, Andrew Wiznia, presenting on behalf of the IMPAACT1093 study group, told participants at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) this week in Boston.
Updated U.S. Guidelines for Antiretroviral Treatment of Children with HIV
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- Category: HIV Treatment Guidelines
- Published on Tuesday, 08 March 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated its Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection. Reflecting recent data from the START and PENPACT1 trials, the guidelines now recommend that all children with HIV start antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of CD4 T-cell count, viral load, or clinical symptoms.
April 10 is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Friday, 10 April 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
April 10 is the third observation of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), an opportunity to promote education and raise awareness about the epidemic among young people in the U.S.
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