The evolution of HIV treatment: From multi-pill regimens to better, single pill combos

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus 1, Focus 2, HIV/AIDS, Latest, Spotlight

HIV treatment has been improved and simplified significantly over the years yet a small fraction of people living with HIV still take complex multi-pill regimens. Elri Voigt reports on a new combination pill that could make life easier for some in this group. But as two leading experts point out, the development comes against a backdrop where the traditional categorisation of HIV medicines is dissolving.

The evolution of HIV treatment: From multi-pill regimens to better, single pill combos

Integrating HIV and NCD care is critical but not straight-forward, clinicians say

Posted in: Focus 1, Focus 2, HIV/AIDS, Latest, NCDs

With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. Accordingly, the need to better integrate HIV and NCD services was a hot topic at the recent Southern African HIV Clinicians Society conference in Cape Town. Elri Voigt reports.