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In-depth: Critical medicine priced out of reach for people with cryptococcal meningitis

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Latest

Cryptococcal meningitis is the second top killer of people living with HIV in South Africa. In the second of a two-part series on access to treatment for the condition, Catherine Tomlinson puts the Spotlight on the drug liposomal amphotericin B (part one looked at flucytosine).

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In-depth: Critical medicine priced out of reach for people with cryptococcal meningitis

In Focus: Global strategy to end Cryptococcal Meningitis in people living with HIV

Posted in: HIV/AIDS, Latest

Cryptococcal meningitis is the second biggest killer of people living with HIV after tuberculosis (TB). Now, a global initiative, the Ending Cryptococcal Meningitis Deaths by 2030 Strategic Framework aims to get the gold standard drug to treat cryptococcal meningitis – flucytosine – registered in countries that need it. Amy Green reports.

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In Focus: Global strategy to end Cryptococcal Meningitis in people living with HIV

Renewed hope for crypto, a deadly AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection

Posted in: Focus, Latest

Cryptococcosis (“crypto”) is a common AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection worldwide. It has been neglected for many years. This is about to change.

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Renewed hope for crypto, a deadly AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection

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