[Viva] Fwd: aidsmap news: Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines produce strong antibody responses in people with HIV after two doses, 19 August 2021

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aidsmap news   |   19 August 2021

Contents

   - News from aidsmap
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   - News and videos from IAS 2021
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   - Editors' picks from other sources
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   - aidsmapCHAT
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News from aidsmap
[image: Adam Gregor/Shutterstock.com]
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Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines produce strong antibody responses in
people with HIV after two doses
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/pfizer-and-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-produce-strong-antibody-responses-people-hiv?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 produce strong antibody
responses in people with HIV and similar antibody and cellular immune
responses in people with and without HIV, two studies published in the
journals *AIDS* and *Clinical Infectious Diseases* show.
Two Thai clinics provide exemplary models of trans-centred care,
researchers say
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/two-thai-clinics-provide-exemplary-models-trans-centred-care-researchers-say?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

The success of two Thai clinics can be attributed to the active
participation of trans women, integrating sexual health and
gender-affirming services and a focus on offering destigmatising services
in a culturally appropriate manner, a recent qualitative study found.
Intimate partner violence associated with negative outcomes for people
living with HIV
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/intimate-partner-violence-associated-negative-outcomes-people-living-hiv?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A large nationally representative study of people living with HIV in the
United States found that 26% of people living with HIV had experienced
physical intimate partner violence in their lifetime, with 4% experiencing
it in the previous year. Bisexual women and those experiencing homelessness
were especially likely to report a lifetime or recent history of violence.
Recent experiences of violence were associated with behaviours that can
increase the risk of HIV transmission, unmet support needs, mental health
problems, and poor HIV health outcomes.
[image: VladOrlov/Shutterstock.com]
VladOrlov/Shutterstock.com
HIV and condom use down, STIs up: the impact of U=U and PrEP at a clinic in
Seattle, Washington
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/hiv-and-condom-use-down-stis-impact-uu-and-prep-clinic-seattle-washington?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A large clinic in Seattle, Washington that has been tracking rates of HIV
and STIs and the sexual behaviour of gay and bisexual men from 2002 to 2018
has found that anal sex without a condom with HIV-discordant or unknown
partners has increased since 2013. Despite the recent increase, during the
study period the testing positivity rate substantially decreased for HIV
(by 85%), though it increased for STIs.
CD4 count below 500 or detectable viral load raise the risk of severe
COVID-19 for people with HIV
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/cd4-count-below-500-or-detectable-viral-load-raise-risk-severe-covid-19-people-hiv?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A US study has found that people with HIV who had CD4 counts below 500, or
a detectable viral load, had a greatly increased risk of hospitalisation
with COVID-19 compared to people with higher CD4 counts or a suppressed
viral load.
NAM news & opinion: The hardest outcome of all: HIV and suicide
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/hardest-outcome-all-hiv-and-suicide?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

Occasionally, an apparently orthodox, peer-reviewed scientific study
crosses our desks at aidsmap that prompts the reaction “Really??” One such
came along back in April, when a paper appeared in the medical journal *General
Psychiatry.* It was the first attempt to do a systematic review and
meta-analysis of the rates of suicide, suicide attempts and suicidal
ideation (thoughts) in people with HIV. The paper reviewed 40 studies from
all continents that between them included 185,199 people with HIV. But we
hesitated to report it, and there are two reasons why.
[image: Domizia Salusest | www.domiziasalusest.com]
Domizia Salusest | www.domiziasalusest.com
Over a third of HIV cases among migrants in Europe were acquired after
migration
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/over-third-hiv-cases-among-migrants-europe-were-acquired-after-migration?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A substantial proportion of migrants living in Europe acquire HIV after
migration, according to a recent study supported by the European Centre for
Disease and Prevention and Control (ECDC) and published in the *Journal of
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.     *
South African children with well-controlled HIV have lower bone mass
compared to HIV-negative children
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/south-african-children-well-controlled-hiv-have-lower-bone-mass-compared-hiv-negative?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A study published in *AIDS *compared children with and without HIV and
found consistently lower bone growth and bone turnover in children living
with HIV. The children were all from similar backgrounds and the children
living with HIV in the study had well-controlled HIV, in most cases. Dr
Yanhan Shen and her colleagues found that children on ritonavir-boosted
lopinavir had lower bone mass and higher inflammatory markers than those
taking efavirenz.
Cash transfers result in reduced AIDS cases, hospitalisations and deaths
among Brazil’s poorest
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2021/cash-transfers-result-reduced-aids-cases-hospitalisations-and-deaths-among-brazils?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

Conditional cash transfers in Brazil were associated with a 10
percentage-point reduction in the number of new AIDS diagnoses in poor
areas with a high HIV burden. Results were even more impressive among women
and children, with 15 and 39 percentage-point reductions, respectively. Dr
Gabriel Sampaio Morais from the Federal University of Bahia presented these
results from one of the largest national conditional cash transfer
programmes to the recent 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV
Science (IAS 2021).
[image: Rebecca Mbewe and other advocates at the launch of the report.]
Rebecca Mbewe and other advocates at the launch of the report.
HIV has changed, but public knowledge and attitudes lag behind
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2021/hiv-has-changed-public-knowledge-and-attitudes-lag-behind?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A new report reveals patchy knowledge of HIV, low awareness of key
developments like U=U and PrEP, and stigmatising perceptions of people
living with HIV. The findings reveal “confusing and contradictory” views
about HIV among the general public in the UK.
Community-led distribution of HIV self-testing increases uptake of HIV
testing and antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2021/community-led-distribution-hiv-self-testing-increases-uptake-hiv-testing-and?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A study from Malawi has found that short-term campaigns of HIV
self-testing, whose design and implementation are led by community groups,
can rapidly increase the uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy
among underserved populations. Recently published in *PLOS Medicine*, the
study also reported a lower cost for this intervention than for other
testing programmes.
Using racial adjustments for Black people living with HIV decreases the
accuracy of kidney function tests
<https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2021/using-racial-adjustments-black-people-living-hiv-decreases-accuracy-kidney-function?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>

A study of African Americans living with HIV has found that the commonly
used method for estimating kidney function is overestimating how well their
kidneys are working. Their estimated kidney function was less accurate when
race was included in the calculations than when their race was omitted.
Results were especially inaccurate when the participants had a
non-suppressed viral load.


News and videos from IAS 2021 [image: IAS 2021]

The 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021)
was held last month. NAM aidsmap was an official scientific media partner
for the conference.

As well as reporting from IAS 2021, we also interviewed five researchers
about the key studies they presented at the conference, held an aidsmapLIVE
IAS 2021 special, and NAM's Susan Cole gave the keynote address of the
closing session of the conference.

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   - *Watch Susan Cole's keynote address on aidsmap.com*
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Editors' picks from other sources
With hook up culture on the rise, San Francisco health officials push to
get people back on PrEP
<https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/With-hook-up-culture-on-the-rise-S-F-health-16380979.php?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>
| *San Francisco Chronicle*

Year after year, San Francisco has seen the number of new HIV diagnoses
fall. Part of the progress is owed to pre-exposure prophylaxis
(PrEP). During the height of the COVID pandemic, however, when people were
sticking close to home, many LGBTQ patients fell off the daily pill. Now,
with bars open and dating apps seeing a crush of new users, local health
authorities have been pushing to get patients back onto PrEP.
Victoria to decriminalise sex work
<https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/victoria-to-decriminalise-sex-work/205110?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>
| *Star Observer*

Victoria state, Australia has announced that it will decriminalise sex work
between consenting adults, marking a major overhaul of its outdated laws
that were characterised as “no longer fit-for-purpose”.
Moderna's HIV vaccine to start human trials early as Wednesday, uses mRNA
like COVID shot
<https://www.newsweek.com/modernas-hiv-vaccine-start-human-trials-early-wednesday-uses-mrna-like-covid-shot-1619374?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>
| *Newsweek*

An entry posted last week to the National Institutes of Health's registry
of clinical trials shows that the trials are estimated to start on 19
August and should be completed by spring 2023.
Two PrEP medications are now available. Equally safe/effective. The biggest
difference? The price tag
<https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-prep-medications-equally-safeeffective-biggest.html?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>
| *Medical Xpress*

With a significantly costlier medication for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) approved in 2019, a new study examined reasons patients switched to
the new drug. Study results indicate that a minority of those who switched
had a documented clinical reason to do so.
Amid continued criminalisation, Uganda endorses LGBT access for HIV
treatment
<https://76crimes.com/2021/08/11/amid-continued-criminalisation-uganda-endorses-lgbt-access-for-hiv-treatment/?utm_source=aidsmap+news-english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-08-19>
| *Erasing 76 Crimes*

Despite ongoing criminalisation of men who have sex with men and
transgender people, the government of Uganda is attempting to include them
in national plans for the reduction of HIV and AIDS, a contradiction
activists say continues to impede the fight against the epidemic.


aidsmapCHAT [image: aidsmapCHAT]

On Monday 2 August, we broadcast the final episode in series four of
aidsmapCHAT. NAM's Susan Cole and Matthew Hodson were joined by Director of
CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Dr Demetre Daskalakis; HIV doctor
and researcher, Dr Shema Tariq; and trans activist, Rebecca de Havilland.

You can watch all episodes from series four on aidsmap.

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