Ending the HIV Epidemic: Keys to Successful Treatment Initiation

In this episode, Chloe Orkin, MBChB, FRCP, MD​, discusses strategies for successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Her overview includes:

• Recommendations for rapid ART
• First-line ART regimens for treatment-naive people with HIV
• IMEA 055 FAST study
• STAT study
• DIAMOND study
• Antiretroviral resistance mutations
• Patient perspectives on the importance of rapid ART initiation

Presenter:

Chloe Orkin, MBChB, FRCP, MDProfessor of HIVQueen Mary, University of London​Consultant Physician​Lead for HIV ResearchBarts Health NHS Trust​The Royal London Hospital​London, United Kingdom​

Panelists:

Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTM&H, DCH, FCP(SA), PhD​DirectorDesmond Tutu HIV Centre​Past PresidentInternational AIDS Society​Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of Cape TownCape Town, South Africa​

Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, MBBS, FRCP, PhD​Chief and DirectorVHS Infectious Diseases Medical Centre​Director, Chennai Antiviral Research and Treatment (CART) Clinical Research Site​Voluntary Health Services​Chennai, India

Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS​Gene Stollerman Professor of Medicine​Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases​Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine​Chicago, Illinois

Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences.

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