One of the main goals of Life4me+ — is to prevent new cases of HIV and other STIs, hepatitis C and tuberculosis.

The app helps to establish anonym communication between physicians and HIV-positive people. It allows you to conveniently organize your medication intake timetable and set concealed and personalized reminders.

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13 December 2016

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Kenya: It’s illegal to collect HIV patient data

Kenya: It’s illegal to collect HIV patient data

More than 1.5 million people are living with HIV in Kenya, including 98.000 children age 14 and under. In 2015, the President of Kenya issued an order to collect all names of HIV-positive children, their addresses and also their legal guardians' names to help with their ...

13 December 2016

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Study: HIV self-test kits given to women might promote male testing

Study: HIV self-test kits given to women might promote male testing

A study published in PLOS Medicine last month stated that HIV-test kits given to women increase testing in their male partners. The study took place in Kenya. Men in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to have lower rates of HIV testing than women and providing self-tests to women in ...

13 December 2016

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Baby boomers have to be screened for Hepatitis C

Baby boomers have to be screened for Hepatitis C

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force recommend that all so-called baby boomers, people born between 1945 and 1965, get screened for Hepatitis C infection. It is estimated that people from this age group are more than ...

13 December 2016

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USA: Still a disparity of viral suppression rates between race/ethnic groups

USA: Still a disparity of viral suppression rates between race/ethnic groups

The Medical Monitoring Project has collected information since 2005 from people across 16 states and 1 U.S. territory (Puerto Rico) who attend HIV care facilities. A group of researchers analyzed the data from the Medical Monitoring Project between 2009 and 2013 to figure ...

12 December 2016

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Study: More and more HIV patients with multiple drug resistance

Study: More and more HIV patients with multiple drug resistance

New study was published in the November issue of The Lancet Infectious Disease journal. According to it 80 percent of HIV patients who have drug resistance to older ARV medications called thymidine analogues were also resistant to tenofovir. Tenofovir now is a main drug ...

11 December 2016

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Study: Stigma still a big barier in PrEP uptake

Study: Stigma still a big barier in PrEP uptake

The investigators from the United Kingdom have reported the results of their study which was designed to figure out why many men decline to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (Truvada). PrEP is a highly effective drug to reduce the risk of aquiring HIV for those who are ...

9 December 2016

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Mobil app for HIV-positive youth supports adherence

Mobil app for HIV-positive youth supports adherence

The National Institutes for Health has funded a study to develop an new mobile app called “Youth Thrive” which might help young people living with HIV to take their medications by sending them reminders. A team of researchers from across the US will conduct focus groups ...

9 December 2016

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Charlie Sheen reveals he achieves HIV suppression by experimental medication

Charlie Sheen reveals he achieves HIV suppression by experimental medication

In his exclusive interview with the Daily Mail Online, the 51-year-old actor stated that his viral load is completely suppressed by taking PRO 140, an injectable HIV drug that's currently being studied. The actor has been involved in a clinical trial since the beginning ...

8 December 2016

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Children’s cough virus might help to fight liver cancer and Hep C

Children’s cough virus might help to fight liver cancer and Hep C

The University of Leeds team have published early-stage results of their research in the journal Gut. According to the research Reovirus which causes coughs and colds and upset stomachs in children could help in the fight against primary liver cancer and also kill off the ...

8 December 2016

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Increase of HIV drug resistance might pose a major threat to global effort to stop the disease

Increase of HIV drug resistance might pose a major threat to global effort to stop the disease

Despite the success in putting more and more people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) that suppresses the virus in a patient’s blood and dramatically decreases the risk of transmission, another alarming trend is starting to play an important role in the fight against HIV. ...

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