Top in ID: HIV spreads amid war in Ukraine; STDs in women vs. men
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New research shows that the war in Ukraine is increasing the spread of HIV in the region, as a high number of people with HIV are fleeing to surrounding nations.
“[The] Russian invasion in Ukraine has resulted in a considerable distress for people with HIV, resulting in both internal displacement and international migration,” MiloszParczewski, MD, PhD, president of the Polish AIDS Society and chief of the department of infectious, tropical diseases and acquired immunodeficiency at Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland, told Healio.
It was the top story in infectious disease last week.
Another top story was a study that found women lose more quality-adjusted life-years than men due to STDs such as gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis.
Read these and more top stories in infectious disease below:
War in Ukraine raises concerns about HIV spread, care in region
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has worsened the spread of HIV in the region as thousands of war refugees migrate to neighboring countries, according to two studies. Read more.
Women lose more quality-adjusted life-years than men because of STDs
Estimates of lifetime quality-adjusted life-years lost due to gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis were substantially higher among women than among men in 2018, researchers found. Read more.
FDA committee supports approval of COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid for high-risk adults
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Outpatient antibiotic prescribing down significantly in 2020
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PEPFAR treats 20 million people with HIV, but funding has been ‘flat’
Roughly 20 million people with HIV in 54 countries are receiving ART through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a 300-fold increase in 2 decades, according to a new report. Read more.