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The latest international news, analysis and features on the HIV epidemic from Avert. Share your views and expertise with your peers in the comments box below the articles.

19 January 2017
Analysis
A South African City

Rural and urban patterns of HIV drug resistance in South Africa

HIV is more proactively monitored among urban HIV patients than rural patients, and drug resistance and treatment failure is less prevalent. However outcomes for second line treatment remain similar.

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11 January 2017
Analysis
A doctor conducting an HIV test in Uganda

Interventions to keep people in HIV care more cost-effective than a ‘treat all’ approach

Treatment scale-up has had major public health benefits. But where resources are scarce, interventions to keep people in care could be more cost-effective than moving to treat everybody living with HIV after diagnosis.

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06 January 2017
Feature
African women displaying a pill packet

HIV drug resistance: a new threat for low- and middle-income countries

With 17 million people now accessing antiretroviral treatment worldwide, HIV drug resistance has the potential to unravel progress towards the Fast-Track target of ending AIDS by 2030.

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