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The HepHIV 2023 Madrid conference: A call to action for political leadership in...
Simões, D; Raben, D; Moran, AB; Imaz, A; Stengaard, AR; Raahauge, A; Sullivan, AK; Vaughan, E; Brännström, J; De Baetselier, I; Platteau, T; Casabona, JIntroduction and Objectives: The HepHIV 2023 Conference, held in Madrid in November 2023, highlighted how Europe is not on track to meet the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals and Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) targets. This article presents the outcomes of the conference, which focus on ways to improve testing and linkage to care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted ...
Late diagnosis of HIV: An updated consensus definition
Croxford, S; Stengaard, AR; Brännström, J; Combs, L; Dedes, N; Girardi, E; Grabar, S; Kirk, O; Kuchukhidze, G; Lazarus, JV; Noori, T; Pharris, AIntroduction: In recent years, HIV testing frequency has increased, resulting in more people being diagnosed during seroconversion with a temporarily low CD4 count. Using the current consensus definition of late HIV presentation ('presenting for care with a CD4 count < 350 cells/μL or an AIDS-defining event, regardless of CD4 count') these individuals would be incorrectly assigned as being diagnosed late. Metho...
A call to action toward integrated testing and earlier care for viral hepatitis...
Raben, D; Hoekstra, M; Combs, L; Sullivan, AK; Lazarus, JV; Lambert, JS; Simões, D; Streinu-Cercel, A; Rockstroh, JK; Streinu-Cercel, A; Amato-Gauci, AObjectives. The objective of the paper is to present the outcomes of the HepHIV 2019 conference, held in Bucharest under the Romanian EU Presidency and focusing on challenges of timely and integrated testing and care. Methods. The conference programme was put together by the organizing committee. It consisted of invited talks and peer-reviewed abstracts. Results. In all, 65 abstracts from 20 countries were pres...