This Week in HIV Research: To Seek and to Treat

published on January 19, 2018 by Barbara Jungwirth and Myles Helfand, in The Body Pro

In this week's brief tour of recently published research, we get a new glimpse into the huge successes of Vancouver's years-long effort to reduce harm and increase HIV-related services among injection drug users. We also learn about the relative safety of stem-cell transplantation in people with HIV, the ability of certain biomarkers to predict future serious AIDS- and non-AIDS events, and the factors that increase the likelihood of partner notification among young people living with HIV.

To beat HIV, you have to follow the science!

"Seek-and-Treat" Reduces Mortality Among People With HIV Who Inject Drugs

Mortality among people living with HIV who inject drugs has declined significantly since a "seek-and-treat" program was scaled up in Vancouver, Canada, a prospective cohort study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases showed.

In 2010, Vancouver scaled up its STOP HIV/AIDS Program campaign with a Seek and Treat pilot program that aimed to identify people at high risk for acquiring HIV and pursue a multifaceted approach of outreach, testing, care and treatment.

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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.