TREAT Asia Report Archive
(2003 to 2011)

OCTOBER 2011

•  An TREAT Asia Report Interview with Anthony Fauci, M.D.—New Momentum for AIDS Research 
•  From the Director: We Can't Stop Now 
•  Investing in Research to Improve Adolescent HIV Care 
•  Purple Sky Network Moves Toward Independence 
•  The Exception to the Rule: Discordant Responses to Antiretroviral Therapy  
•  When to Treat: Can Antiretroviral Therapy Be Delayed in Older Children in Asia? 
•  When One Partner Is Positive: Early Antiretroviral Therapy Prevents HIV Infection in Discordant Couples 

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July 2011

• An Interview with Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ph.D.—The Promise of Antiretrovirals: When Treatment and Prevention Converge 
• The Imperative of Treatment in Asia: TREAT Asia and Partners Move Treatment to Center Stage 
• From the Director: The Temptation to Sacrifice Quality for Quantity 
• Major TREAT Asia Grant Extended Another Five Years 
• Mastering the Art of Pediatric HIV Treatment:When Children Face Treatment Failure 
• Lipodystrophy in Asia: Why Haven't We Phased Out d4T? 
• HIV Linked to Lower Scores on Children’s Intelligence Tests 
• Risk Behavior and HIV Among MSM in Malaysia 

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March 2011

• Where Does the UN Go From Here? 
• When Saving Money Means Saving Lives—Microsaving Among Women in Viet Nam 
• From the Director: Could the Indian Pipeline Be Shut Down? 
• A Decade of Progress—TREAT Asia Hosts 10th Annual Network Meeting 
• A Deadly Nexus: Cancer and HIV in Asia 
• Viral Load Testing—Should It Be the Standard of Care in Asia? 
• Survival of Children with HIV in Asia 
• HIV and Hepatitis in an Indonesian Prison 

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October 2010

• Drawing From Life to Explain HIV/AIDS 
• ViiV Healthcare and TREAT Asia Partner to Optimize HIV Treatmentfor Children 
• From the Director: HIV Research Lights the Way to Better Preventionand Care 
• Earlier Treatment Saves Lives 
• Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV 
• Sex Among MSM in Bangkok: Implications for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis 
• Testing the HIV Genome: A Key to Long-term Treatment Success 
• HIV Genotyping: How It’s Done 
• Purple Sky Network Elects Board Chairs 
• UNICEF Focuses on TREAT Asia Network Member 

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July 2010

• An Interview with Ambassador Eric Goosby—New Directions for PEPFAR? 
• Setting the Course of U.S. AIDS Efforts 
• In Vietnam, Global Partnerships Help Change the Course of AIDS 
• From the Director: Forcing a Retreat 
• Disclosure and Consent Among Adolescents with HIV 
• HIV and Syphilis Among MSM in China 
• Evaluating the Need for Directly Observed Antiretroviral Therapy 
• Pediatric HIV to Be a Major Focus for TREAT Asia at Vienna Conference 
• “First-line Forever” - In the Philippines, Stopping Drug Resistance Before It Starts 

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February 2010

• An Interview with Richard Gere—Turning the Tide Against AIDS in India 
• When Children Grow Up With HIV—Setting an Adolescent HIV Research Agenda 
• TREAT Asia LaunchesNew Research Education Initiative 
• From the Director: Hepatitis C Treatment: Optional or Essential? 
• Treating Hepatitis C in Asia 
• Cost-Effectiveness of Tenofovir in First-Line HIV Treatment 
• Protecting Infants From HIV 
• Thai MSM Clinic Conducts Innovative Studies of Anal Cancer and HIV 
• TREAT Asia Cancer Research 
• Is It HIV? 
• World AIDS Day 2010 

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October 2009

• An Interview with Michelle Yeoh—Fighting AIDS From the Heart 
• AIDS Care China: Model Partnership Provides Red Ribbon AIDS Care 
• From the Director: Collaborating on HIV/AIDS in China 
• TREAT Asia Focuses on MSM and Community Advocacy at ICAAP 
• Pulling Together to Combat Treatment Failure 
• Combining Antiretroviral and Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment Reduces Risk of Death 
• Social Support and Psychosocial Distress Among Children Affected by AIDS in China 
• Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in China 
• Voices: Learning to Hope in Kunming 

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July 2009

• An Interview with Dr. Michel Kazatchkine—AIDS in Asia:
  The View From the Global Fund 
• A Human Rights Struggle at the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic 
• From the Director: Focusing on the Next Generation 
• TREAT Asia Represented at Key HIV/AIDS Conferences 
• Investing in the Future of HIV Research 
• HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer in HIV-Positive Women 
• When to Start?: Part 2–More Details Emerge on Question
  of When to Initiate ART 
• Understanding Treatment Failure 

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March 2009

• An Interview with Peter Piot—Change at UNAIDS: Peter Piot Moves On 
• World AIDS Day 2008 
• From the Director: A Time of Transition 
• Recent Accomplishments, Future Progress 
• Voices: “The Point Is That Anybody Can Get HIV” 
• When to Start?—New Study Examines Best Time to Start Treatment 
• Improving Understanding of Anal Cancer Risk Among MSM in Thailand 
• Helping Children Take Antiretroviral Medicines on Time 
• A First Step Toward a Cure for AIDS? Novel Procedure Appears to Have Eliminated HIV 

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October 2008

• An Interview with Anand Grover—Fighting AIDS in Court 
• For Indonesian Drug Users, HIV and Addiction Present a Double Burden 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 
• TREAT Asia at the XVII International AIDS Conference 
• Voices: Turning Tragedy Inside Out 
• News Briefs 

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July 2008

• An Interview with Dr. Mean Chhivun—Gaining Ground Against AIDS: The Cambodian Solution 
• Voices: Finding the Strength to Survive 
• TREAT Asia Pediatric Site Profile: Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kota Bharu, Malaysia 
• TREAT Asia Taking Active Role at XVII International AIDS Conference 
• Dr. Annette Sohn Named New TREAT Asia Director 
• News Briefs 

March 2008

• An Interview with Ashok Row Kavi—Coming Out in India 
• UNAIDS Report Shows HIV/AIDS Stabilizing at High Levels 
• Paper Studies Patterns of Treatment Change in Asian Patients 
• Voices: "The Problems Started When I Was 14…" 
• Frost Named amfAR’s Chief Executive Officer 
• “Year of Transition” for TREAT Asia 
• Treating Pediatric AIDS: It Takes a Village 
• Fighting Eviction, Taiwan AIDS Shelter Helps Transform Human Rights Law 
• News Briefs 

September 2007

• An Interview with J.V.R. Prasada Rao—Bringing At-Risk Communities in From the Cold 
• TAHOD Paper Explores Occurrence of Immune Problems Under HAART 
• TREAT Asia Pediatric Site Profile: The Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and YRG Care, Chennai, India 
• Voices: "The Only Way Out Was to Share My Story" 
• Mekong Region Beginning to Act on HIV and MSM 

July 2007

• An Interview with Dr. David Cooper—A Life on the Front Lines of AIDS Research 
• TREAT Asia Network Meeting Set for Hanoi 
• Treatment Scale-Up: A Looming Crisis?—TAHOD Paper Underlines Key Problems Facing Real-World Drug Treatment 
• New Website for Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group 
• Voices: “Living Like a Big Family” 
• Making the Case for Harm Reduction in Viet Nam—ACATA Member Addresses Drugs, HIV at U.S. Congressional Briefing 
• An Asian Advocate in Amsterdam—Intense Discussions on Treatment Access by Global Activists at Dutch Meeting 
• AIDS Care Done Right—AIDS Care China Provides Case Study for ACATA Members 
• Pediatric and MSM Programs Showcased in Sydney 
• News Briefs 

February 2007

• Young Activists Reflect on Identity, Community, and Diversity Among Asia’s MSM 
• Cambodian Women Take the Reins in Treatment Workshop 
• Sydney to Host IAS Conference 
• AIDS Care Training Commences in Cambodia 
• Site Profile: The Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 
• Greater Mekong MSM Network Launches Activities Across Region 
• Pediatrics Initiative Moves Forward With New Network 
• News Briefs 

October 2006

• An Interview with Shivananda Khan—Standing Up for MSM in South Asia 
• TREAT Asia Network Expands Activities—Nineteen Countries Represented at Annual Meeting in Cambodia 
• Voices: Love in the Time of HIV/AIDS 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: The Research Institute for Health Sciences at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 
• Internet-Based AIDS Training Program Wraps Up Pilot in Pune, India 
• ACATA Members Speak Out—Treatment Advocates Address UN General Assembly, International AIDS Conference 
• TREAT Asia Explores Treatment, Research, and Prevention at International AIDS Conference 
• Report Finds Risk of HIV Rising Sharply Among MSM in Asia 
• News Briefs 

July 2006

• An Interview with Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman—The Current State of Asia’s Fight Against AIDS 
• Young Advocates Confront HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam 
• ACATA Member Honored for Activism 
• Voices: Taking a Stand in Myanmar 
• Vienna’s Life Ball Once Again Benefits TREAT Asia 
• Cambodia Hosts TREAT Asia Network Meeting 
• TREAT Asia Joins Effort to Chart Global Spread of HIV/AIDS—U.S. Government Grant Supports Expansion of Observational Database 
• TREAT Asia to Serve as MSM Secretariat for Mekong Subregion 
• News Briefs 

February 2006

• An Interview with Dr. Jintanat Ananworanich—Taking Care of the Children 
• New Chief for Malaysian AIDS Council 
• Intrepid Fund Raisers Take On Viet Nam 
• Time to Deliver: Changes Expected at 2006 International AIDS Conference 
• TIME Cites TREAT Asia Partner as Global Health Hero 
• Voices: Finding Hope 
• Frost Briefs Parliament on HIV/AIDS in Asia 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India 
• ACATA Adds New Members 
• TREAT Asia Reports Progress, Looks to Future 
• TREAT Asia Launches Drug Resistance Initiative 
• News Briefs 

October 2005

• An Interview with Ayi Farida—AIDS Education Competes With Tradition in Papua 
• Treatment Education Gathers Momentum in China 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: Udayana University and Sanglah Hospital, Bali, Indonesia 
• TREAT Asia and Ruby Hall Clinic Offer Pilot Internet Training Program 
• Senior GSK Executive Discusses Treatment Education in China 
• Voices: Positive Living 
• TREAT Asia’s ICAAP Sessions Address Treatment Issues 
• ICAAP Confronts Widening Asian AIDS Epidemic 
• First Regional Meeting on Pediatric AIDS in Southeast Asia Convened by TREAT Asia 
• News Briefs 

July 2005

• An Interview with Marina Mahathir—Confronting HIV/AIDS in Malaysia 
• WHO Report Finds ARV Treatment on the Rise 
• AIDS Advocates Gather in Kunming 
• TAHOD Findings Published 
• Voices: Living Positively 
• Islam and Harm Reduction: TREAT Asia Physician Submits Congressional Testimony 
• TREAT Asia Charts Course for 2005 at Kunming Meeting 
• Vienna’s Life Ball Raises Funds and Awareness for TREAT Asia 
• TREAT Asia Workshop Explores Drug Resistance
  by Rami Kantor, M.D.
• 7th ICAAP Will Focus Attention on Science and Community 
• News Briefs 

October 2004

• An Interview with Randall L. Tobias—Spearheading the U.S. Response to Global AIDS 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: AIDS Prevention and Research Centre, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 
• AIDS Conference Shines Spotlight on Asian Epidemic 
• Kobe to Host ICAAP 2005 
• New Reports Chart Devastating Path of AIDS in Asia 
• Asia Faces Shortage of Trained AIDS Doctors 
• News Briefs 

July 2004

• An Interview with GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier—Creating New Partnerships and Rules of Engagement 
• XV International AIDS Conference: Schedule of TREAT Asia Events 
• Advocating for Treatment Access 
• An interview with Zackie Achmat—AIDS Activism in South Africa: Lessons for Asia? 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: Children at the Crossroads—HIV-NAT Conducts Critical Clinical Trials of Pediatric HIV Treatment 
• Preparing for Treatment in Viet Nam 

April 2004

• Interviews with Dr. Joep Lange and Dr. Helene Gayle—Changing of the Guard at IAS 
• Community Forum Prepares for Bangkok 
• Treat Asia Presents HIV Data at International Workshop 
• Taking on Two Diseases in Cambodia 
• HIV-NAT Hosts Bangkok Symposium on HIV Medicine 
• TREAT Asia Prepares for 15th International AIDS Conference 
• China Creates Model Treatment and Care Centers 
• News Briefs 

January 2004

• Columbia University’s MTCT-Plus Initiative Enrolls Patients in Thailand 
• Neuro-AIDS Consortium Works to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment in Asia 
• UNAIDS Report Shows Epidemic Continuing to Spread in Asia 
• TREAT Asia Annual Meeting Focuses on Data Collection, Drug Resistance 
• China Conference Urges Cooperation Among Ministries 
• Beijing Ditan Hospital Poised to Play Crucial Role as China Increases Treatment Access 
• Community Involvement Critical to Treatment Scale-Up 
• News Briefs 

October 2003

• An Interview with Dr. Richard Feachem—Impact of Global Fund Begins to Be Felt 
• Asian Nations Gather to Advance Treatment Access 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Chennai, India 
• IAS Conference Includes Findings from Asian Investigators 
• Thai Government Scales Up Antiretroviral Treatment Efforts 
• News Briefs 

June 2003

• An Interview with Dr. David Ho—HIV/AIDS Experience Propels SARS Research Effort 
• SARS and HIV: Perspectives from the Front Lines 
• TREAT Asia Sites Pioneer Regional HIV Observational Database 
• TREAT Asia Site Profile: University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
• Beijing Ball Shines Spotlight on HIV/AIDS in China 
• News Briefs 

March 2003

• An Interview with Cipla's Yusuf Hamied—Indian Drug-Maker Leads the Charge for Low-Cost AIDS Drugs 
• Crucial Data Collection Effort Gets Under Way 
• HIV/AIDS in the Philippines: Low and Slow? 
• Asia and the Pacific: Fertile Ground for HIV/AIDS 
• TREAT Asia: A Cooperative Approach to HIV/AIDS 
• China and U.S. Scale Up Collaboration on HIV/AIDS