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More MSF Videos from the 2012 HIV/AIDS Conference

by ihsection, posted in HIV/AIDS, Information and Social Media

Here are some more videos from MSF from the 2012 HIV/AIDS conference that I thought might be of interest to our readers.


Middle-income countries are increasingly taking measures to overcome the patents that price drugs out of reach.


The challenges but also promising initiatives that could facilitate the development of affordable medical tools adapted to the needs of patients in resource-limited settings.


Addressing HIV vulnerability of irregular Zimbabwean cross-border migrants in South Africa. MSF at the 2012 International AIDS Conference.


Participants will leave this workshop with a better understanding on use of second-line ART in RLS, including the complex intersections between chronic HIV infection, long-term antiretroviral drug exposure and chronic-degenerative co-morbidities, and the latest scientific evidence on the use of ART as HIV prevention.

MSF Videos on HIV/AIDS Treatment

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Below are a series of videos from MSF on different aspects of HIV/AIDS treatment.


A first-of-its-kind study released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. The results show that governments have made improvements to get better antiretroviral treatment (ART) to more people, but implementation of innovative community-based strategies is lagging in some countries.


Despite the fact that the benefits of virological treatment monitoring are well established and that routine viral load testing is the standard of care in rich countries, access to viral load testing in resource-limited settings remains limited or non-existent. A number of cost-reducing strategies and implementation challenges must now be addressed so that virological monitoring can become the norm for all patients on ART. This will be important to prevent the development of drug resistance and preserve the use of first-line ART. This session presents the challenges and promise of scale-up of virological monitoring from a patient, health system, and market perspective. The session will be of interest to donors, policy makers, civil society representatives, and implementing organizations.


As HIV treatment is scaled up in developing countries, the lack of access to viral load monitoring—routine in wealthy countries—must be addressed. Increased access to viral load monitoring can help people stay on antiretroviral combinations as long as possible, and help stave off resistance.

MSF Video – HIV/AIDS in the DRC

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The number of HIV-positive people in DRC is currently estimated at more than one million, 350,000 of whom could benefit from antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. However, only 44,000 people are currently receiving treatment, translating into a 15 percent ARV coverage rate, one of the lowest in the world.

MSF Videos: Neglected Tropical Diseases

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MSF recently released this set of videos on NTDs (neglected tropical diseases). On a related note, I am looking for someone to take over this duty for the blog (finding interesting/relevant YouTube videos and posting them here with some brief commentary), so if you are interested, please e-mail me!


Sleeping sickness is a fatal and much neglected disease that plagues parts of Africa.


Chagas is a parasitic disease found on the American continent, where it affects an estimated 8 to 10 million people and claims up to 12,500 lives every year.

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Kala Azar is a neglected tropical disease responsible for 50,000 deaths every year.

Guinea: A New Approach to Fight Cholera (MSF Video)

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More than 170,000 people in the Boffa region of Guinea recently became the first in Africa to receive a new two-dose oral vaccine for cholera. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the Guinea Ministry of Health, led the vaccination campaign.