[Viva] Fwd: aidsmap news: Risk of dying from COVID-19 doubled for people with HIV in England, 26 April 2021

Tue Apr 27 09:05:20 PDT 2021

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aidsmap news   |   26 April 2021

Contents

   - News from the BHIVA & BASHH conference
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   - Other aidsmap news
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   - Podcast series: Tell Me About It
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   - Editors' picks from other sources
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   - Having a baby when you're living with HIV
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News from the BHIVA & BASHH conference
[image: Dr Sara Croxford presenting to the 2021 BHIVA/BASHH conference. Dr
Sara Croxford presenting to the 2021 BHIVA/BASHH conference.]
Dr Sara Croxford presenting to the 2021 BHIVA/BASHH conference.
Risk of dying from COVID-19 doubled for people with HIV in England
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/risk-dying-covid-19-doubled-people-hiv-england?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

People with HIV in England had double the risk of dying compared to the
rest of the population during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic up to
16 June 2020, Dr Sara Croxford of Public Health England reported at the
joint British HIV Association (BHIVA) and British Association of Sexual
Health and HIV (BASHH) conference.
England's big PrEP implementation trial releases its enrolment data: young
people under-represented
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/englands-big-prep-implementation-trial-releases-its-enrolment-data-young-people-under?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

The first data from the large implementation study of HIV PrEP in England,
the IMPACT trial, were presented at the conference. Although there were a
number of subtle differences in the recruitment figures for different risk
groups and people of different ethnicities and nationalities, the clearest
evidence of inequality of access to the trial was that younger people aged
16-25 were under-represented relative to their risk of HIV, compared with
older people.
What happened to people’s sex lives during lockdown in Britain?
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/what-happened-peoples-sex-lives-during-lockdown-britain?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

A large general population survey shows that the first wave of COVID-19 had
a considerable impact on the amount of sex some people had, with young
people and those who were not living with a steady partner the most
affected. Overall, nine in ten people did not have intimate physical
contact with someone from outside their household, the conference heard.
Testing homeless people during COVID-19 identifies several new HIV cases,
especially in Black people
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/testing-homeless-people-during-covid-19-identifies-several-new-hiv-cases-especially?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

An innovative peer-centred outreach project, testing homeless and unstably
housed people in London during the height of the COVID pandemic for HIV and
viral hepatitis, has revealed a significant proportion with HIV who were
either undiagnosed, or diagnosed but not in care.

Other aidsmap news
[image: fizkes/Shutterstock.com]
fizkes/Shutterstock.com
Bisexual men feel more HIV stigma, are lonelier and more socially isolated
than gay men
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/bisexual-men-feel-more-hiv-stigma-are-lonelier-and-more-socially-isolated-gay-men?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

Bisexual men living with HIV in Australia reported greater levels of
self-stigma, worse self-image and poorer emotional wellbeing compared to
gay men. They also reported less social support and fewer connections to
the LGBTQ community and to other people living with HIV. These men
expressed feelings of social isolation and highlighted fears of rejection
associated with their HIV diagnoses.
A history of abuse has a lasting impact on HIV care engagement and health
outcomes
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/history-abuse-has-lasting-impact-hiv-care-engagement-and-health-outcomes?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

A Canadian study that followed people living with HIV for nine years found
strong relationships between a history of abuse and long-term HIV care
engagement and health outcomes. Participants with a history of violence or
abuse, in particular childhood abuse, were more likely to discontinue care,
have a detectable viral load, and be diagnosed with AIDS.
Injectable HIV therapy would have to cost less than $131 a year to be
cost-effective in Africa
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/injectable-hiv-therapy-would-have-cost-less-131-year-be-cost-effective-africa?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

A cost-effectiveness analysis has found that injectable, long-lasting
antiretroviral therapy would need to cost no more than $131 a year in order
to be cost-effective if used for patients who are not fully virally
suppressed in lower-income settings in regions like sub-Saharan Africa.
[image: one photo/Shutterstock.com]
one photo/Shutterstock.com
Pancreatic and colorectal cancer risk raised in people with hepatitis C and
HIV
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/pancreatic-and-colorectal-cancer-risk-raised-people-hepatitis-c-and-hiv?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

Pancreatic cancer occurred more often in people with hepatitis C or HIV in
Canada’s British Columbia Hepatitis Testers Cohort, and colorectal cancer
was more likely to occur in people diagnosed with hepatitis B or C, or HIV,
cohort investigators report in the journal *Therapeutic Advances in Medical
Oncology.*
HIV disclosure improves parent-child relationships
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/hiv-disclosure-improves-parent-child-relationships?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

HIV-positive mothers who share their status with their HIV-negative
children report greater communication and improved relationships, report Dr
Nada Goodrum of Medical University of South Carolina and colleagues in *Child
Development*. The US study shows that mothers who had disclosed saw greater
decreases in parenting stress compared with those who did not. The study
suggests that HIV disclosure enhances open communication and closer bonds
within parent-child relationships.
Development of children of HIV-positive mothers continues to be impaired,
says Zimbabwe study
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/apr-2021/development-children-hiv-positive-mothers-continues-be-impaired-says-zimbabwe-study?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>

Maternal HIV status is associated with the risks of having undernourished
children, according to research conducted in Zimbabwe and published in *AIDS.
*The prevalence of stunted growth, being underweight and wasting were
compared between the children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers in
three surveys between 2005 and 2015.

Podcast series: Tell Me About It [image: podcast series]

All six episodes of our podcast 'Tell Me About It' are available to
download from Apple and Spotify.

The series features honest, funny and open conversations about what it
really means to live with HIV today, and how much that’s changed.

The guests include: actor Jonathan Blake, one of the first people to be
diagnosed with HIV; Dr Naomi Sutton, consultant physician in sexual health
and star of E4's *The Sex Clinic*; Simon Blake, CEO of Mental Health First
Aid and Deputy Chair of Stonewall; Dr Halima Begum, Director of the
Runnymede Trust; and Susan Cole and Matthew Hodson from NAM aidsmap.

If you've listened to the podcasts, we'd love to know what you think about
them in our short survey.

   - *Listen to the series on Apple
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   - *Listen to the series on Spotify
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   - *Complete our short survey on SurveyMonkey*
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   - *Find out more in our blog post
   <https://www.aidsmap.com/news/feb-2021/new-podcast-series-tell-me-about-it?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>*

Editors' picks from other sources
HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hiv-drugs-run-short-in-kenya-as-people-say-lives-at-risk/2021/04/24/f2e3c0a0-a4b8-11eb-b314-2e993bd83e31_story.html?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>
| *Washington Post*

Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of
antiretroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between
the US aid agency and the Kenyan government.
The king of AIDS treatments is turning to COVID-19
<https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/john-james-aids-treatments-covid-pandemic/618679/?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>
| *The Atlantic*

There are few drugs proven to help people infected with the coronavirus,
and it’s giving activist John James déjà vu.
‘Dramatic improvements’ as point-of-care HIV testing for infants rolls out
in Africa
<https://www.avert.org/news/%E2%80%98dramatic-improvements%E2%80%99-point-care-hiv-testing-infants-rolls-out-africa?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>
| *Avert*

Data from six countries’ public health programmes suggests the introduction
of new testing technologies have significantly increased same-day diagnosis
for babies born with HIV and sped up treatment.
Lost in transition: Bulgaria’s HIV fight
<https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-hiv-aids-lost-in-transition/?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>
| *Politico*

Bulgaria is struggling to support HIV prevention services after the flow of
cash from the Global Fund ended.
HIV genetic data is tracked and shared. It’s creepy and dangerous
<https://marksking.com/my-fabulous-disease/molecular-surveillance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=molecular-surveillance&utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>
| *My Fabulous Disease*

If you are a person living with HIV in the US, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and your local health department probably already
have your HIV genetic profile. They have been examining it and comparing it
to a genetic analysis of other people. People in your community. People you
might know.

Having a baby when you're living with HIV [image: Sasha Goodman]

In our video series, Family Matters, three women who are living with HIV
talk about having children. They share their experiences and talk about
delivery options, support and care, feeding your baby, and the importance
of taking HIV treatment during pregnancy.

Family Matters is a project we are working on with the 4M Network of Mentor
Mothers.

You can watch all three videos on aidsmap.

   - *Watch Sasha Goodman's video
   <https://www.aidsmap.com/about-hiv/sasha-goodman-having-baby-when-youre-living-hiv-family-matters?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>*
   - *Watch Angelina Namiba's video
   <https://www.aidsmap.com/about-hiv/angelina-namiba-having-baby-when-youre-living-hiv-family-matters?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>*
   - *Watch Neo Moepi's video
   <https://www.aidsmap.com/about-hiv/neo-moepi-having-baby-when-youre-living-hiv-family-matters?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>*
   - *Find out more in our families and children pages
   <https://www.aidsmap.com/topic/families-children?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-26>*

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