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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 ...
Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruite...
Uusküla, A; Rannap, J; Weijler, L; Abagiu, A; Arendt, V; Barrio, G; Barros, H; Brummer-Korvenkontio, H; Casabona, J; Croes, E; Des Jarlais, DAimsWe measured the association between a history of incarceration and HIV positivity among people who inject drugs (PWID) across Europe. Design, Setting and ParticipantsThis was a cross-sectional, multi-site, multi-year propensity-score matched analysis conducted in Europe. Participants comprised community-recruited PWID who reported a recent injection (within the last 12 months). MeasurementsData on incarcera...
A call to action to reclaim focus on testing and early treatment for HIV, viral...
Stengaard, AR; Raben, D; Leite, RB; Seyler, T; Lazarus, JV; Lambert, J; Collins, B; Attawell, K; Raahauge, A; Rockstroh, JK; Simões, DWe present the outcomes of the HepHIV 2021 Lisbon & virtual conference held on 5-7 May 2021, including a Call to Action addressing policy and practice implications in the field of earlier and integrated testing for HIV, viral hepatitis, STI and TB and in light of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Conference presentations showed that combination prevention and integrated testing and care models for mul...