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Mashup Score: 19Event-based dosing | Guides | HIV i-Base - 20 day(s) ago
Event-based dosing involves only using PrEP when you want to have sex. Start with a double dose (two pills) at least two hours before you are going to have sex. However, instead of continuing to take daily PrEP you only continue for either two or seven days – depending on the type of sex you have. If you continue having sex for several days, just keep taking a daily pill. Then continue daily PrEP after the last day you last have sex for either either 2 or 7 days Event-based dosing is just as effective as
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Mashup Score: 77UK guide to PrEP now online: major update (2024) | HTB | HIV i-Base - 3 month(s) ago
The 10th edition of this guide includes significant changes that make PrEP easier to take. This is an exciting time for PrEP. Everyone who can benefit from PrEP in the UK should now be able to get it at an NHS clinic. You no longer have to be at high risk. Everyone now has the option to quick-start PrEP using a double first dose (two pills), working within two hours. Event-based dosing can also now be used by everyone. This uses either 2:1:1 or 2:7 dosing. New info covers starting and stopping PrEP and
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The UK PrEP guide is now available on line. Major changes: PrEP in the UK available to everyone who requests it; option to quick-start PrEP using a double first dose; event-based (2:1:1 or 2:7) dosing; use of new versions of PrEP (TAF/FTC & injectables). https://t.co/1rNy8VQ8vI
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Mashup Score: 1Future meetings and webinars 2023/24 | HTB | HIV i-Base - 9 month(s) ago
The following listing covers selected upcoming HIV-related meetings and workshops. Registration details, including for community and community press are included on the relevant websites. Some meetings are in person, some are virtual and others offer both options. Academic Medical Education (AME) meetings and workshops Several AME workshops (previously Virology Education) are highlighted below but 35 meetings are planned each year. Many virtual meetings include free registrations for health workers,
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RT @HIViBase: HTB August 2023. Future meetings: Future meetings and webinars. https://t.co/4dW0RziRUk @ukcab @4Mproject @GeorgeHouseTrst…
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Mashup Score: 1BHIVA include efficacy data on HIV and monkeypox vaccine: updated statement | HTB | HIV i-Base - 2 year(s) ago
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 17 August 2022, BHIVA issued an updated statement on monkeypox (MPX) that includes information about vaccine efficacy, including in people living with HIV. [1] The statement summarises information about the time to develop antibody responses and that these continue to increase over four weeks after a single shot. One of the two HIV studies includes that responses…
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RT @HIViBase: @BritishHIVAssoc Include efficacy data on #HIV and #monkeypox vaccine: updated statement. https://t.co/T7JvJ8Jj5n (2/3)
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How can I avoid monkeypox during Pride week? Hi, I am a gay man in London and I am worried about monkeypox. What can I do to stay safe during Pride this week? Will being undetectable on ART help? Answer Answer: Simon Collins Hi there Thanks for your question. The easiest way to avoid monkeypox (MPX) is to not have sex for the next few weeks. Or at…
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RT @HIViBase: How can I avoid monkepox during Pride week? https://t.co/XqqY1bY2Mu @ukcab @MindfulHIV @4Mproject @Positively_UK @SophiaForu…
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Why is i-Base saying to not have sex during Pride? Hi i-Base, why are you telling gay men to not have sex during Pride. Is the risk of MPX really this bad? Answer Answer: Simon Collins Hi there Thanks – great to have this discussion. First though, i-Base isn’t telling anyone to not have sex. But we are providing info for people can make their own…
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RT @HIViBase: Why is i-Base saying to not have sex during Pride? https://t.co/CQwdLorJYo @ukcab @GeorgeHouseTrst @PosUK_Youth @MindfulHI…
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Mashup Score: 1UK plans to offer vaccine to gay and bisexual men at risk of monkeypox | HTB | HIV i-Base - 2 year(s) ago
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 21 June 2022, the UKHSA announced plans to offer a vaccine against monkeypox (MPX) to (some) gay and bisexual men. [1] Although this strategy has been wanted by many people at highest risk, vaccines until now have been mainly given to heatlh workers or houseold contacts of people with confirmed MPX. The Imvanex vaccine is non-replicating and can be given in people…
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RT @HIViBase: UK plans to offer vaccine to gay and bisexual men at risk of monkeypox. https://t.co/lcIu18lGyS (1 of 2) @ukcab
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Mashup Score: 3Monkeypox: Q&A and resources | HIV i-Base - 2 year(s) ago
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base and Alex Sparrowhawk, UK-CAB MPV blister on a hand (US CDC) This Q&A is about the recent cases of monkeypox (MPX) in the UK. At some point this name may be changed. This page will be updated as new information becomes available. Last update 5 June 2022. Monkeypox (MPX) is still very rare in the UK. But the recent outbreak is significant and needs to be…
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RT @gregggonsalves: The folks at @HIViBase doing it right! Great #monkeypox explainer! https://t.co/GtYe0mduQz
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Mashup Score: 11Monkeypox: Q&A and resources | HIV i-Base - 2 year(s) ago
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base and Alex Sparrowhawk, UK-CAB MPV blister on a hand (US CDC) This Q&A is about the recent cases of monkeypox (MPX) in the UK. At some point this name may be changed. This page will be updated as new information becomes available. Last update 5 June 2022. Monkeypox (MPX) is still very rare in the UK. But the recent outbreak is significant and needs to be…
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The folks at @HIViBase doing it right! Great #monkeypox explainer! https://t.co/GtYe0mduQz
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Mashup Score: 2Monkeypox: Q&A and resources | HIV i-Base - 2 year(s) ago
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base and Alex Sparrowhawk, UK-CAB MPV blister on a hand (US CDC) This Q&A is about the recent cases of monkeypox virus (MPV) in the UK. It will be updated as new information becomes available. Last update 1 June 2022. Monkeypox virus (MPV) is still very rare in the UK. But the recent outbreak is significant though and needs to be taken seriously. For example, the…
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Good resource (now 19 cases in US)- i-base resource shows pictures of lesions for affected communities/ providers to be aware of for monkeypox as containment requires recognition of symptoms, isolation, and contact tracing (and vaccine for close contacts) https://t.co/3WM3XUzUHp
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Dan Clutterbuck highlights the @HIViBase PrEP guidance double dose start for all Best predictor of PrEP efficacy is PBMC concentrations Link to guidance: https://t.co/ErEbqlhifm. #BHIVA24 https://t.co/Eabtlwfw7r