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Speed Up Scale Up: Strategies, Tools and Policies to Get the Best HIV Treatment to More People, Sooner

This report outlines some of the strategies, tools and policies that have supported the scaling up of treatment during the past decade as well as those that can address persistent or new challenges. The results are presented from a 23-country survey of how consistently these strategies are being implemented. The findings demonstrate encouraging progress by some health ministries in adopting many of the enabling policies needed to facilitate scale-up and improve care. Nevertheless, the adoption and implementation of these strategies, tools and policies are lagging in some countries.

Surveillance Brief: Terms, Definitions, and Calculations Used in CDC HIV Surveillance Publications

This information sheet explains terms, definitions, and methods of calculation used in HIV surveillance data, and the uses of these data. It defines unadjusted data, adjusted (estimated) data, AIDS diagnoses and deaths of persons with an AIDS diagnoses, and diagnoses of HIV infection and deaths of persons with a diagnosis of HIV infection. It also defines HIV incidence, persons living with a diagnosis of HIV infection or AIDS, incidence rate, prevalence rate, stage of disease, and transmission category.

Adverse Events of Antiretroviral Drugs

This internet electronic file discusses side effects of antiretroviral therapy for persons with HIV. The file provides information in table form on the most common adverse events for each of the five types of antiretroviral drugs.

2012 HIV Sourcebook for the Primary Care Provider

This monograph is a sourcebook that provides information about HIV infection for professionals who work in today’s health care system. It is meant be a convenient reference for some of the most common issues encountered in daily practice. It contains an outline of basic HIV patient care, and a list of resources that can be accessed locally. It presents guidelines and recommendations related to antiretroviral therapy (ART), treatment of opportunistic diseases, HIV testing and counseling, prevention of perinatal transmission, and post-exposure prophylaxis.

Tuberculosis (TB) Facts: TB and HIV/AIDS

This fact sheet discusses TB and how it is affected by the HIV. It defines TB and explains the difference between TB infection and latent TB infection. The fact sheet advises that HIV weakens the immune system increasing the chance that in people with HIV and latent TB, the TB germs will become active and attack the body causing TB disease. It emphasizes the importance of TB treatment and taking the TB drugs as prescribed.

Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States

These guidelines present health care providers with information for discussion with HIV-infected pregnant women to enable the patient/provider team to make informed decisions regarding the use of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy and use of elective cesarean delivery to reduce perinatal HIV transmission. The recommendations are accompanied by discussion of various circumstances that commonly occur in clinical practice and the factors influencing treatment considerations.

Motivational Interviewing and HIV: Reducing Risk, Inspiring Change

This pamphlet provides an overview of motivational interviewing strategies in the context of the Stages of Change Model to reduce risk and support persons living with HIV in the pursuit of healthy behaviors. It defines motivational interviewing as a communicative strategy that is directive and patient-centered. The pamphlet describes how to get started, explains the stages in the change process, and advises the counselor how to approach each stage.

New HIV Infections in the United States, 2006 - 2009

This information sheet presents the latest estimates of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) in the United States released by CDC. These estimates are included in the CDC report, "Estimated HIV Incidence among Adults and Adolescents in the United States 2007-2010," which updates previously published estimates for 2007 through 2009. The new estimates indicate two trends: early signs of a decrease in new HIV infections among black women and an increase in new infections among young gay and bisexual men.