The UCT Medicines Information Centre booklet has useful, simple algorithms on how to treat patients on ARVs and/or TB treatment, who develop adverse drug reactions – rash, kidney injury and liver injury.

For patients infected with HIV-1, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) plus emtricitabine (FTC) has a renal and bone safety profile similar to that of abacavir (ABC) plus lamivudine (3TC)

Adolescents living with HIV in SA are less likely to be adherent to their HIV treatment after experiencing or witnessing violence in the home, in school or in a healthcare environment.

Mortality in people with a low CD4 cell count at the time of HIV diagnosis is associated with a group of risk factors including a high number of symptoms, weight loss, poor mobility, self-care issues and some abnormal laboratory findings.

HIV-positive inmates who receive healthcare navigation services from peer mentors stand a better chance at maintaining long-term viral suppression after their release from incarceration.