First audit of BHIVA treatment guidelines reveals suboptimal access to viral...
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base Given the complexity of treating HIV and the relatively rapid change in approaches to treatment, ensuring access to the latest advances is an obvious patient concern. It is...
View ArticleDraft BHIVA treatment guidelines online for comment
The working draft of the 2008 BHIVA Guidelines have been posted online for comment. The draft has been revised to incorporate new information from peer-reviewed publications and conference abstracts...
View ArticleUK (BHIVA) 2008 Treatment Guidelines published online
The 2008 BHIVA guidelines are now published online and are a significant revision of the 2006/7 guidelines. Changes include: Earlier discussions about starting treatment (ie once CD4 is <500...
View ArticleUK Guidelines on HIV Associated Malignancies (2008) published online
The introduction to these new guidelines from the British HIV Association (BHIVA) state “HIV infection is associated with three AIDS-defining malignancies (Kaposi’s sarcoma, high-grade B-cell non-...
View ArticleBHIVA guidelines for immunisation of HIV-infected adults
The BHIVA Guidelines for Immunisation of HIV-infected Adults is now available on the BHIVA website at: http://www.bhiva.org/cms1191554.asp
View ArticleBHIVA guidelines for TB/HIV coinfection are online for comment
The 2009 draft of the proposed BHIVA guidelines on TB/ HIV co-infection are posted online and available for comment. http://www.bhiva.org/cms1223707.asp These guidelines have been drawn up to help...
View ArticleBHIVA research awards deadline
The 2009 research programme for 2009 is now open. The deadline for applications is 10 July 2009. Launched in 2006, this is intended to provide funding for research projects that will improve the...
View ArticleHIV and hepatitis coinfection guidelines online for comment
The draft 2009 BHIVA guidelines for the management of coinfection with HIV-1 and chronic hepatitis B or C are online and available for comment: http://www.bhiva.org/cms1223977.asp The 2009 guidelines...
View ArticleAccess to HIV treatment for UK prisoners
The British HIV Association (BHIVA) has been notified of a number of incidents where individuals sent to prison for relatively short terms have not received their ART. These incidents have been raised...
View ArticleDetention and removal of HIV-positive people in the UK
In June 2009, BHIVA launched a new resource, produced with National AIDS Trust, called Detention, Removal and People Living with HIV. This resource provides best clinical practice guidance to...
View ArticleLegal issues on HIV transmission and the law for healthcare workers: draft...
A new joint guideline from BHIVA and BASHH on legal aspects of HIV transmission and work of the clinical team is now online for comment. Prosecutions for reckless transmission of HIV have been brought...
View ArticleBHIVA draft guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infections: online...
The 2010 British HIV Association guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infection in HIV-positive individuals are now posted to the BHIVA website for comment. Advances in the treatment of HIV...
View ArticleAccess to formula milk for HIV-positive mothers in the UK
The British HIV Association (BHIVA) is aware that new mothers leave their birth hospital with a starter pack including a supply of formula milk. However HIV positive mothers seem mostly to fall on...
View ArticleHIV: an agenda for action
NAT recently launched a new publication, HIV: An Agenda for Action, setting out both key aims to address HIV effectively in the UK, and also the practical action to be taken to achieve those aims....
View ArticleCROI feedback meetings
BHIVA are holding five feedback meetings after the next Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections being held in Boston this year at the end of February. Meetings are free to attend but...
View ArticleBHIVA e-Learning module online
BHIVA have produced an e-Learning module that includes 3 point CDP accrediation. The module includes 18 questions based on the current adult treatment guidelines and takes 40 minutes to complete....
View ArticleBHIVA responses to DoH consultations
The British HIV Association will be preparing responses to the Department of Health consultations as detailed below and welcome comments from BHIVA members on the following two consultation drafts....
View ArticleUK national guideline on safer sex advice
The new UK National Guideline on Safer Sex Advice are online until 31 May 2011 for comments. http://www.bhiva.org/SaferSexAdviceConsultation.aspx. The objective of this document is to provide guidance...
View ArticleBASHH/BHIVA PEPSE guidelines for comment
Draft UK national guideline on HIV PEPSE 2011 are available for consultation until 5th June 2011. UK guideline for the use of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure Clinical...
View ArticleCROI feedback workshops online
An online webcast of the post-CROI BHIVA workshop held in London are now online. This is an excellent opportunity to see a review of this years conference summarized and discussed by leading UK...
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