HIV, Infectious Disease, and Global Medicine

In Choosing Care, HIV Patients Prefer Kindness Over Convenience

According to findings of a study published August 13, 2018, in PLOS Medicine, HIV patients in Zambia were willing to increase wait time and travel distance—and accept significant reduction in medication—in order to access a healthcare provider with a nice attitude. The study, led by UC San Francisco’s Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, reveals how much patients value a positive attitude in relation to other aspects of clinical care.

New Multi-Disease Approach to Testing and Treating HIV Improves Community Health in East Africa

A new community-based model to treat HIV and other health conditions in rural East Africa led to 20 percent fewer HIV deaths, reduced the incidence of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), and improved control of hypertension and diabetes, according to the latest results from the Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health (SEARCH) study, an ongoing trial that includes more than 350,000 adults and children in rural Kenya and Uganda to evaluate the effect of a “test-and-treat” strategy on HIV, community health

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