De resistentie van hiv tegen een van de meest gebruikte aidsremmers, tenofovir, neemt toe. Dat blijkt uit een meta-analyse gepubliceerd in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Eerder deze week noemde eerste auteur dr. Ravi Gupta de resultaten tegenover de BBC ‘zeer zorgwekkend’. De Nederlandse internist-infectioloog in opleiding...
Potent tenofovir-containing antiretroviral regimens are increasingly used to treat and prevent HIV. Few data exist on the frequency of and risk factors for acquired drug resistance in regions hardest hit by the HIV pandemic. This collaborative study combined data from adult treatment cohorts and clinical...
It is our pleasure to announce the 10th International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource Limited Settings (INTEREST), on 3-6 May 2016 in the Hilton Yaoundé Hotel in Yaoundé, Cameroon. An exciting scientific program is being set up by the Organizing and...
On January 26th KIT will host a panel debate on the theme ‘From Innovation to Impact’. The event is a unique collaboration between KIT, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An introductory lecture by the renowned doctor & statistician Dr Hans...
Haroon Ali - "Alsof je een vitaminepil bij de maaltijd neemt" (deel 2, 16 januari 2016) Alles went, zelfs een dagelijkse dosis hiv-remmers. Alexander (49), Peter (42) en Giovanni (23) slikken sinds een half jaar iedere dag het preventieve hiv-medicijn PrEP, in de vorm van een...
Without antiretroviral treatment (ART), half of all children born with HIV will die before the age of two years. Although increasing numbers of children in resource-limited settings now have access to ART, important challenges remain. The World Health Organization recommends the use of protease inhibitors for...
Constance Schultsz et al. did a prospective study of acquisition of fecal colonisation and carriage with extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 2001 Dutch travellers (the COMBAT study),2from November, 2012, to November, 2013. Acquisition was defined as the absence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a fecal swab...
The policy brief of the Ghana NHIS study is published on the INCLUDE-social protection website of NWO-WOTRO. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), initiated in 2004, aims to realize accessible quality healthcare services for the entire population of Ghana. While this mechanism has been successful in...
We are happy to invite you to attend the (delayed) public defense of the thesis: Development and evaluation of a patient-centered cardiovascular health education program among insured primary care patients with hypertension in rural Nigeria – The QUICK-II study – by Aina Olufemi (Femi) Odusola on Tuesday...
Medisch Contact journalist Marieke van Twillert interviewed Frank Cobelens about his appointment as the new chair of the Excecutive Board of AIGHD, about World Aids Day and the active prevention and care of hiv/AIDS worldwide. And how the battle against tuberculosis can use some aids...