{"id":2701,"date":"2016-09-02T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savinglivesuk.com\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2016-09-02T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:18:27","slug":"news-roundup-02-sept-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondpositive.org\/sluktest\/news-roundup-02-sept-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup 02-Sept-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a week when we lost everyone\u2019s favourite Chocolate Factory owner, Apple was handed a \u20ac13bn tax bill, and we were asked to pay the license fee for using the BBC iPlayer…<\/h3>\n


\nSouth Africa is to implement a bold new Test & Treat programme
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\n\"\"Everyone living with HIV, regardless of CD4 count, in South Africa is to be offered immediate HIV treatment under new a Test & Treat programme. Up until now patients in South Africa were expected to wait until their CD4 count fell below 500 copies\/mL.\u00a0Joe Maila, spokesperson of the Department of Health, told Xinhua that the new initiative would lengthen life expectancy to 70 by 2030. Currently life expectancy is at 63. Find out more at IOL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Viiv hoping that the future of HIV treatment could be two drugs instead of three<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Since the 1990s HIV treatment has usually been based on a three drug combination, recently we\u2019ve seen Gilead introduce a four-in-one single tablet regimen. This week Viiv (GlaxosmithKline) have said that they hope the future will be simpler. Their new drug Dolutegravir has shown itself to be incredibly potent\u00a0and when paired with 3TC it appears to provide control similar to that of three drug combinations. This could potentially have positive impacts on side effects, long term toxicity – as well as cost savings for the NHS. Find out more at the WSJ.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Meet the woman who discovered India\u2019s first HIV cases<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\"\"<\/strong>Thirty years ago this week India discovered its first HIV cases in six sex workers.\u00a0The people were diagnosed largely due to the pioneering work of a researcher called\u00a0Sellappan Nirmala.\u00a0It was at the end of 1985 and the 32-year-old microbiology student at the medical college in Chennai (Madras), was looking for a topic for her dissertation. At that time the idea of screening for HIV, a \u201cdisease of the debauched west\u201d, was unthinkable. Find out more at the BBC.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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