55 results on '"Michel Kazatchkine"'
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2. From polycrisis to metacrisis: harnessing windows of opportunity for renewed political leadership in global health diplomacy
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Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Amirhossein Takian, Rebecca Katz, Peter Piot, Ilona Kickbusch, Hampus Holmer, Rajat Khosla, John-Arne Røttingen, Suerie Moon, Fadi El-Jardali, Tobias Alfvén, Ellen Rosskam, Brian Li Han Wong, Joanne Liu, Helen Clark, Rahul M Jindal, Heidi Larson, Anders Nordström, Warisa Panichkriangkrai, Michel Kazatchkine, Salma Abdalla, Maria Guevara, Björn Kümmel, Rhoda Wanyenze, Garry Aslanyan, Ahmed Al Mandhari, Lyndsay Baines, Adebe Bekele, Gunilla Carlsson, Rooney Long Hei Fong, Emi Inaoka, Mike Kalmus-Eliasz, Minah Kang, Jerome Kim, Jimmy Kolker, Lwazi Manzi, Ren Minghui, Susan Mochache, Morten Nyegaard, Sanjay M Pattanshetty, Carita Rehn, Paul Rosenbaum, Gustaf Salford, Ahn Wartel, Karl Wennberg, and Josefin Wiklund
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Medicine (General) ,R5-920 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Published
- 2024
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3. Natural IgG Anti-F (ab’)2 Autoantibody Activity in Children with Autism
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Sylvie Tordjman, Annaëlle Charrier, Michel Kazatchkine, Pierre Roubertoux, Michel Botbol, Guillaume Bronsard, and Stratis Avrameas
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autoimmune process ,natural autoantibodies ,IgG anti-F (ab’)2 autoantibodies ,self-recognition ,autism spectrum disorder ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Background: Many and diverse autoimmune abnormalities have been reported in children with autism. Natural autoantibodies (NAAbs) play important immunoregulatory roles in recognition of the immune self. The objective of this study was to examine the presence of NAAbs in the sera of children with autism and across severity subgroups of autistic behavioral impairments. Methods: NAAbs were titrated in sera through an ELISA procedure in 60 low-functioning children with autism and 112 typically developing controls matched for age, sex and puberty. Results: Serum titers of IgG anti-F(ab’)2 autoantibodies were significantly lower in children with autism compared to typically developing controls (p < 0.0001), and were significantly negatively associated with autism severity (p = 0.0001). This data appears to be related more specifically to autism than to intellectual disability, given that IgG anti-F(ab’)2 levels were significantly negatively correlated with IQ scores in the autism group (p = 0.01). Conclusions: This is the first report in autism of abnormally low natural anti-F(ab’)2 autoantibody activity. The findings suggest a dysfunction of self-recognition mechanisms which may play a role in the pathogenesis of autism, especially for the severely affected children. These findings strengthen the hypothesis of an autoimmune process in autism and open the prospect of alternative medical treatment. Further neuroimmunological research is warranted to understand the exact mechanisms underlying this reduced natural IgG anti-F (ab’)2 autoantibody activity, and to assess its impact on the pathophysiology and behavioral expression of autism.
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- 2023
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4. The expanding epidemic of HIV-1 in the Russian Federation.
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Chris Beyrer, Andrea L Wirtz, George O'Hara, Nolwenn Léon, and Michel Kazatchkine
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Medicine - Abstract
In a Perspective, Chris Beyrer and coauthors discuss the threat of HIV to health in the Russian Federation.
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- 2017
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5. The human immunodeficiency virus preventive vaccine research at the French National Agency for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome research
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Elizabeth Fischer, Véronique Rieux, Jean-Gérard Guillet, and Michel Kazatchkine
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human immunodeficiency virus ,vaccine trials ,lipopeptides ,network ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic is of unprecedented gravity and is spreading rapidly, notably in the most disadvantaged regions of the world. The search for a preventive vaccine is thus an absolute priority. For over 10 years the French National Agency for AIDS research (ANRS) has been committed to an original program combining basic science and clinical research. The HIV preventive vaccine research program run by the ANRS covers upstream research for the definition of immunogens, animal models, and clinical research to evaluate candidate vaccines. Most researchers in 2004 believe that it should be possible to obtain partial vaccine protection through the induction of a strong and multiepitopic cellular response. Since 1992, the ANRS has set up 15 phases I and II clinical trials in order to evaluate the safety and the capacity of the candidate vaccines for inducing cellular immune responses. The tested candidate vaccines were increasingly complex recombinant canarypox viruses (Alvac) containing sequences coding for certain viral proteins, utilized alone or combined with other immunogens (whole or truncated envelope proteins). ANRS has also been developing an original strategy based on the utilization of lipopeptides. These comprise synthetic fragments of viral proteins associated with lipids that facilitate the induction of a cellular immune response. These approaches promptly allowed the assessment of a prime-boost strategy combining a viral vector and lipopeptides.
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- 2005
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6. Meeting the demand for results and accountability: a call for action on health data from eight global health agencies.
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Margaret Chan, Michel Kazatchkine, Julian Lob-Levyt, Thoraya Obaid, Julian Schweizer, Michel Sidibe, Ann Veneman, and Tadataka Yamada
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Medicine - Published
- 2010
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7. It is time for ambitious, transformational change to the epidemic countermeasures ecosystem
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Els Torreele, Christine McNab, Olusoji Adeyi, Roxana Bonnell, Mandeep Dhaliwal, Fatima Hassan, Michel Kazatchkine, Hani Kim, Jerome Kim, Helena Legido-Quigley, Joanne Liu, Sania Nishtar, Kiat Ruxrungtham, Petro Terblanche, Eloise Todd, Marcos da Silva Freire, Germán Velásquez, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Helen Clark
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General Medicine - Published
- 2023
8. Stopping epidemics when and where they occur
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Els Torreele, Michel Kazatchkine, Joanne Liu, Mark Dybul, Mauricio Cárdenas, Sudhvir Singh, Helena Legido Quigley, Christine McNab, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Mariana Mazzucato, and Helen Clark
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General Medicine - Published
- 2023
9. L’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé au cœur des profondes réformes qu’impose la pandémie de Covid-19
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Michel Kazatchkine and Joanne Liu
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General Engineering - Published
- 2022
10. Integrating HIV and substance misuse services: a person-centred approach grounded in human rights
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Victoria Haldane, Anne-Sophie Jung, Chuan De Foo, Pami Shrestha, Elena Urdaneta, Eva Turk, Juan I Gaviria, Jesus Boadas, Kent Buse, J Jaime Miranda, Steffanie A Strathdee, Ashley Barratt, Michel Kazatchkine, Martin McKee, and Helena Legido-Quigley
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,Human Rights ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Humans ,HIV Infections ,Biological Psychiatry - Abstract
Integrating HIV-related care with treatment for substance use disorder provides an opportunity to better meet the needs of people living with these conditions. People with substance use disorder are rendered especially vulnerable by prevailing policies, structural inequalities, and stigmatisation. In this Series paper we analyse existing literature and empirical evidence from scoping reviews on integration designs for the treatment of HIV and substance use disorder, to understand barriers to and facilitators of care integration and to map ways forward. We discuss how approaches to integration address two core gaps in current models: a failure to consider human rights when incorporating the perspectives of people living with HIV and people who use drugs, and a failure to reflect critically on structural factors that determine risk, vulnerability, health-care seeking, and health equity. We argue that successful integration requires a person-centred approach, which is grounded in human rights, treats both concerns holistically, and reconnects with underlying social, economic, and political inequalities.
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- 2022
11. Transforming or tinkering: the world remains unprepared for the next pandemic threat
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Helen, Clark, Mauricio, Cárdenas, Mark, Dybul, Michel, Kazatchkine, Joanne, Liu, David, Miliband, Anders, Nordström, Preeti, Sudan, Ernesto, Zedillo, Thoraya, Obaid, Rosemary, McCarney, Elizabeth, Radin, Mike Kalmus, Eliasz, Christine, McNab, Helena, Legido-Quigley, and Ellen Johnson, Sirleaf
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COVID-19 ,Humans ,General Medicine ,Pandemics - Published
- 2022
12. The EU has a global health strategy: the challenge will be in the implementation
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Martin McKee, Samantha Field, Stefano Vella, Helena Legido-Quigley, and Michel Kazatchkine
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General Medicine - Published
- 2023
13. End compulsory drug treatment in the Asia-Pacific region
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Claudia Stoicescu, Quinten Lataire, Karen Peters, Joseph J Amon, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Robert Ali, Apinun Aramrattana, Ivanhoe C Escartin, Ma Inez Feria, Sangeeth Kaur, Riza Sarasvita, Sam Nugraha, Chris Beyrer, Pascale Allotey, Stefan D Baral, Mary T Bassett, Harriet Deacon, Lorraine T Dean, Lilianne Fan, Rita Giacaman, Carolyn Gomes, Sofia Gruskin, Samer Jabbour, Michel Kazatchkine, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Allan Maleche, Martin McKee, Sandra Hsu Hnin Mon, Vera Paiva, Alena Peryskina, Dainius Pūras, Leonard Rubenstein, Gergon Smoger, and Javier Cepeda
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Asia ,Human Rights ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Humans ,Substance Abuse Treatment Centers ,General Medicine ,Involuntary Treatment ,Pacific Islands - Published
- 2022
14. Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for covid-19: redesigning systems to improve pandemic response
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Rohit Ramchandani, Helena Legido-Quigley, Joanne Liu, Sudhvir Singh, Alexandra Phelan, Shunsuke Mabuchi, Michel Kazatchkine, Mark Dybul, Anders Nordström, Precious Matsoso, and Preeti Sudan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,COVID-19 Vaccines ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,MEDLINE ,Cytidine ,Global Health ,Hydroxylamines ,World Health Organization ,Antiviral Agents ,Health Services Accessibility ,Pandemic ,Medicine ,Humans ,Pandemics ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Public health ,Health Policy ,Oxygen Inhalation Therapy ,COVID-19 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Communicable Disease Control ,Medical emergency ,Public Health ,business ,Analysis - Abstract
Rohit Ramchandani and colleagues propose a framework to ensure essential public health tools are fairly distributed in future pandemics
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- 2021
15. Leaders can choose to prevent pandemics
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Joanne, Liu, Helen, Clark, and Michel, Kazatchkine
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Leadership ,Multidisciplinary ,Health Policy ,Humans ,Federal Government ,Pandemics - Published
- 2022
16. Getting to grips with the HIV epidemic in Russia
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Isabela Barbosa, Michel Kazatchkine, and Raminta Stuikyte
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0301 basic medicine ,Economic growth ,Social stigma ,Social Stigma ,Immunology ,Hiv epidemic ,Population ,MEDLINE ,HIV Infections ,Russia ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Virology ,Political science ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Epidemics ,education ,education.field_of_study ,Oncology (nursing) ,virus diseases ,Hematology ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,Russian federation - Abstract
In contrast to global patterns, the HIV epidemic in the Russian Federation continues to expand. The epidemic remains largely concentrated among key populations and their sexual partners but has the potential of affecting the general population. We have focused our analysis on legislative, policy-related, structural, and cultural obstacles that the country faces in confronting its epidemic.The Russian Federation has the largest HIV epidemic in Europe. Recent epidemiological analyses have shown a decrease in the annual growth of new reported infections. However, stigma and discrimination, marginalization, legislative provisions, harsh policing, and the lack of relevant prevention programs remain compounding factors that limit access of at-risk populations to information, prevention, and care, including to treatment for a number of people who would know their serological status.The ability of the Russian Federation to address the challenges it faces in dealing with a concentrated epidemic, will determine the future of the epidemic in the country.
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- 2019
17. CHAPITRE 7 Succès et échecs dans le contrôle d’une épidémie: l’exemple du sida
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Michel Kazatchkine
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- 2020
18. Ukrainian war: an economic crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will lead to a health crisis
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Michel, Kazatchkine
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Asia ,Economic Recession ,Ethnicity ,Humans ,Europe, Eastern ,General Medicine - Published
- 2022
19. [The urgency of deep institutional reforms in global health in the face of Covid-19 pandemic]
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Michel, Kazatchkine
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Competitive Behavior ,SARS-CoV-2 ,International Cooperation ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Uncertainty ,COVID-19 ,Viral Vaccines ,Global Health ,World Health Organization ,Mass Vaccination ,Betacoronavirus ,Drug Development ,Health Care Reform ,Humans ,Public Health ,Coronavirus Infections ,Pandemics - Published
- 2020
20. Antibody-based therapies for COVID-19: Can Europe move faster?
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Michel Goldman, Michel Kazatchkine, and Jean Louis Vincent
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Pulmonology ,Physiology ,Cancer Treatment ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Antibodies, Viral ,Biochemistry ,Geographical Locations ,0302 clinical medicine ,COVID-19 Testing ,Immune Physiology ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,030212 general & internal medicine ,media_common ,Immune System Proteins ,General Medicine ,Public relations ,Body Fluids ,Europe ,Blood ,Oncology ,Perspective ,Medicine ,Immunotherapy ,Anatomy ,Coronavirus Infections ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Biochimie ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Immunology ,Biotechnologie ,Blood Plasma ,Antibodies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Betacoronavirus ,Antibody Therapy ,Political science ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Viral therapy ,Humans ,European Union ,European union ,Viral immunology ,Pandemics ,COVID-19 Serotherapy ,business.industry ,Clinical Laboratory Techniques ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Immunization, Passive ,Biologie moléculaire ,COVID-19 ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Proteins ,Respiratory Infections ,People and Places ,Biologie cellulaire ,Clinical Immunology ,Clinical Medicine ,business ,Antibody therapy - Abstract
SCOPUS: re.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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- 2020
21. Natural Antibodies: from First-Line Defense Against Pathogens to Perpetual Immune Homeostasis
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Jordan D. Dimitrov, Mohan S. Maddur, Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes, Jagadeesh Bayry, Srini V. Kaveri, Michel Kazatchkine, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC (UMR_S_1138 / U1138)), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Paris (UP), United Nations Special Envoy for AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Lacroix-Desmazes, Sébastien
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0301 basic medicine ,[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Autoimmunity ,medicine.disease_cause ,Epitope ,Antibodies ,Immunomodulation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immune system ,medicine ,Immune Tolerance ,Immunology and Allergy ,Animals ,Homeostasis ,Humans ,B cell ,Intravenous immunoglobulin ,Disease Resistance ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,IVIG ,Immune homeostasis ,biology ,Autoantibody ,Immunity ,General Medicine ,Immunotherapy ,Immunity, Innate ,3. Good health ,Immunoglobulin Isotypes ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Polyclonal antibodies ,Organ Specificity ,Immunology ,Antibody Formation ,Host-Pathogen Interactions ,biology.protein ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Therapy ,Antibody ,Natural IgG ,Natural IgM - Abstract
International audience; Natural antibodies (nAbs) are most commonly defined as immunoglobulins present in the absence of pathological conditions or deliberate immunizations. Occurrence of nAbs in germ- and antigen-free mice suggest that their production is driven, at least in part, by self-antigens. Accordingly, nAbs are constituted of natural autoantibodies (nAAbs), and can belong to the IgM, IgG, or IgA subclasses. These nAbs provide immediate protection against infection while the adaptive arm of the immune system mounts a specific and long-term response. Beyond immediate protection from infection, nAbs have been shown to play various functional roles in the immune system, which include clearance of apoptotic debris, suppression of autoimmune and inflammatory responses, regulation of B cell responses, selection of the B cell repertoires, and regulation of B cell development. These various functions of nAbs are afforded by their reactivity, which is broad, cross-reactive, and shown to recognize evolutionarily fixed epitopes shared between foreign and self-antigens. Furthermore, nAbs have unique characteristics that also contribute to their functional roles and set them apart from antigen-specific antibodies. In further support for the role of nAbs in the protection against infections and in the maintenance of immune homeostasis, the therapeutic preparation of polyclonal immunoglobulins, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), rich in nAbs is commonly used in the replacement therapy of primary and secondary immunodeficiencies and in the immunotherapy of a large number of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Here, we review several topics on nAbs features and functions, and therapeutic applications in human diseases.
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- 2019
22. The global response to HIV in men who have sex with men
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Eugene T Richardson, Andrea L. Wirtz, Patrick S. Sullivan, Michel Kazatchkine, Gift Trapence, Owen Ryan, Jorge Sanchez, Elly Katabira, Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer, Kenneth H. Mayer, and Chris Collins
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Male ,China ,Human Rights ,Anti-HIV Agents ,Sexual Behavior ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Legislation as Topic ,Nigeria ,Developing country ,HIV Infections ,Global Health ,Russia ,Men who have sex with men ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pre-exposure prophylaxis ,0302 clinical medicine ,Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ,Global health ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Homosexuality ,Homosexuality, Male ,Epidemics ,education ,Minority Groups ,media_common ,education.field_of_study ,030505 public health ,business.industry ,Incidence ,virus diseases ,General Medicine ,Thailand ,Kenya ,United Kingdom ,United States ,Sexual minority ,Bisexuality ,Gambia ,Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Developed country ,Demography - Abstract
Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to have disproportionately high burdens of HIV infection in countries of low, middle, and high income in 2016. 4 years after publication of a Lancet Series on MSM and HIV, progress on reducing HIV incidence, expanding sustained access to treatment, and realising human rights gains for MSM remains markedly uneven and fraught with challenges. Incidence densities in MSM are unacceptably high in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, Thailand, the UK, and the USA, with substantial disparities observed in specific communities of MSM including young and minority populations. Although some settings have achieved sufficient coverage of treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and human rights protections for sexual and gender minorities to change the trajectory of the HIV epidemic in MSM, these are exceptions. The roll-out of PrEP has been notably slow and coverage nowhere near what will be required for full use of this new preventive approach. Despite progress on issues such as marriage equality and decriminalisation of same-sex behaviour in some countries, there has been a marked increase in anti-gay legislation in many countries, including Nigeria, Russia, and The Gambia. The global epidemic of HIV in MSM is ongoing, and global efforts to address it remain insufficient. This must change if we are ever to truly achieve an AIDS-free generation.
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- 2016
23. Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission
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Mark Dybul, Marina B. Klein, Diane V. Havlir, Ann M Starrs, Brian W. Weir, Ntobeko A.B. Ntusi, Thomas C. Quinn, Stefan Baral, Serra Sippel, James Hakim, Peter Piot, Demetre Daskalakis, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Stefano Vella, Leigh F. Johnson, Sharon R Lewin, Chewe Luo, Linda-Gail Bekker, Chris Beyrer, Jürgen K. Rockstroh, Jirair Ratevosian, Keletso Makofane, Michel Kazatchkine, Michael J. Klag, Natasha K. Martin, George Alleyne, Michael T Isbell, Kenneth H. Mayer, Nicholas Thomson, David W. Dowdy, Bruno Spire, Owen Ryan, Parastu Kasaie, Carey Pike, Javier A. Cepeda, Anna Grimsrud, Gregorio A. Millett, Anton Pozniak, Agnes Soucat, Nduku Kilonzo, Kene Esom, Geoff Garnett, Loyce Pace, Mauro Schechter, Peter Vickerman, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Serge Eholié, Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale (SESSTIM - U1252 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - UMR 259 IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and DUFOUR, Jean-Charles
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Male ,Cost effectiveness ,Anti-HIV Agents ,media_common.quotation_subject ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,International Cooperation ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,Commission ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Global Health ,Medical and Health Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,GEORGE (programming language) ,Medical ,General & Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Viral suppression ,Societies, Medical ,media_common ,Middle income countries ,General Medicine ,Art ,Antiretroviral therapy ,3. Good health ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Good Health and Well Being ,Healthy People Programs ,Female ,Societies ,Humanities - Abstract
Author(s): Bekker, Linda-Gail; Alleyne, George; Baral, Stefan; Cepeda, Javier; Daskalakis, Demetre; Dowdy, David; Dybul, Mark; Eholie, Serge; Esom, Kene; Garnett, Geoff; Grimsrud, Anna; Hakim, James; Havlir, Diane; Isbell, Michael T; Johnson, Leigh; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; Kasaie, Parastu; Kazatchkine, Michel; Kilonzo, Nduku; Klag, Michael; Klein, Marina; Lewin, Sharon R; Luo, Chewe; Makofane, Keletso; Martin, Natasha K; Mayer, Kenneth; Millett, Gregorio; Ntusi, Ntobeko; Pace, Loyce; Pike, Carey; Piot, Peter; Pozniak, Anton; Quinn, Thomas C; Rockstroh, Jurgen; Ratevosian, Jirair; Ryan, Owen; Sippel, Serra; Spire, Bruno; Soucat, Agnes; Starrs, Ann; Strathdee, Steffanie A; Thomson, Nicholas; Vella, Stefano; Schechter, Mauro; Vickerman, Peter; Weir, Brian; Beyrer, Chris
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- 2018
24. Passive Serum Therapy to Immunomodulation by IVIG: A Fascinating Journey of Antibodies
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Jagadeesh Bayry, Cristina João, Vir Singh Negi, Michel Kazatchkine, Srini V. Kaveri, Immunopathologie et immunointervention thérapeutique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IFR58-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 - UFR de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC (UMR_S 872)), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Bayry, Jagadeesh
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0301 basic medicine ,Immunology ,[SDV.IMM.II]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Innate immunity ,Antibodies ,Immunomodulation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Immune system ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,[SDV.IMM.ALL]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Allergology ,[SDV.IMM.II] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Innate immunity ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Inflammation ,biology ,business.industry ,Immunization, Passive ,Immunoglobulins, Intravenous ,medicine.disease ,Thrombocytopenic purpura ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 ,biology.protein ,Antibody ,business ,[SDV.IMM.ALL] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Allergology - Abstract
The immunoregulatory and anti-infective properties of normal circulating polyclonal Abs have been exploited for the therapeutic purposes in the form of IVIG as well as several hyperimmune globulins. Current knowledge on the therapeutic use of normal Igs is based on the discoveries made by several pioneers of the field. In this paper, we review the evolution of IVIG over the years. More importantly, the process started as an s.c. replacement in γ globulin–deficient patients, underwent metamorphosis into i.m. Ig, was followed by IVIG, and is now back to s.c. forms. Following successful use of IVIG in immune thrombocytopenic purpura, there has been an explosion in the therapeutic applications of IVIG in diverse autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. In addition to clinically approved pathological conditions, IVIG has been used as an off-label drug in more than 100 different indications. The current worldwide consumption of IVIG is over 100 tons per year.
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- 2017
25. Towards a new health diplomacy in eastern Ukraine
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Michel Kazatchkine
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0301 basic medicine ,Economic growth ,Warfare ,Tuberculosis ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Immunology ,MEDLINE ,Antitubercular Agents ,HIV Infections ,Global Health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Environmental protection ,Virology ,Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant ,medicine ,Global health ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Diplomacy ,media_common ,Organizations ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Anti-Retroviral Agents ,business ,Ukraine - Published
- 2017
26. Brussels Declaration: Twenty-point plan for science policy
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Michel, Kazatchkine, Julian, Kinderlerer, and Aidan, Gilligan
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Belgium ,International Cooperation ,Science ,Guidelines as Topic ,Public Policy ,Congresses as Topic ,Policy Making ,Boston - Published
- 2017
27. Health in the Soviet Union and in the post-Soviet space: from utopia to collapse and arduous recovery
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Michel Kazatchkine
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0301 basic medicine ,Population Health ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Medicine ,History, 20th Century ,Space (commercial competition) ,History, 21st Century ,Health Services Accessibility ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Utopias ,Utopia ,Political science ,medicine ,Economic history ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Soviet union ,Collapse (medical) ,Quality of Health Care ,USSR ,media_common - Published
- 2017
28. AIDS: lessons learnt and myths dispelled
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Mark Dybul, Peter Piot, Michel Kazatchkine, and Julian Lob-Levyt
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National Health Programs ,Anti-HIV Agents ,International Cooperation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Developing country ,Stigma (botany) ,HIV Infections ,Global Health ,Social issues ,Cost of Illness ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Global health ,medicine ,Humans ,Misinformation ,Developing Countries ,health care economics and organizations ,media_common ,Health Services Needs and Demand ,Stereotyping ,business.industry ,Developed Countries ,International community ,General Medicine ,Public relations ,medicine.disease ,Primary Prevention ,Population Surveillance ,business ,Prejudice ,Attitude to Health - Abstract
This article examines the AIDS epidemic and what the international community has gotten right what we have done wrong and why we need to urgently dispel several emerging myths about the epidemic and the global response to it. It suggests that we have to identify how to finance a sustained response to AIDS for another several decades develop long-lasting links with broader efforts to strengthen health systems continue to invest in research and development and put a more serious effort into tackling stigma and discrimination.
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- 2009
29. State of the art science addressing injecting drug use, HIV and harm reduction
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Michel Kazatchkine, Steffanie A. Strathdee, and Monica Beg
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Drug ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Harm reduction ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Substance Abuse ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,HIV Infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Global Health ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Studies in Human Society ,Harm Reduction ,medicine ,Humans ,Intravenous ,Psychiatry ,business ,Substance Abuse, Intravenous ,media_common - Published
- 2015
30. Research in action: from AIDS to global health to impact. A symposium in recognition of the scientific contributions of Professor Joep Lange
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Michel Kazatchkine, Kim C. E. Sigaloff, Menno De Jong, T. Sonia Boender, Peter Reiss, Michael H. Merson, David A. Cooper, Eric Goosby, Constance Schultsz, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Khama Rogo, Fola Laoye, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, John Simon, Onno Schellekens, Michiel Heidenrijk, Debrework Zewdie, Catherine Hankins, Other departments, Global Health, Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam Public Health, Infectious diseases, and Internal medicine
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Pharmacology ,Aids patients ,business.industry ,Art history ,Tribute ,Environmental ethics ,medicine.disease ,Antiretroviral therapy ,Infectious Diseases ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Action (philosophy) ,Innovator ,Health care ,Global health ,medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Sociology ,business - Abstract
On Tuesday 14 October 2014, 850 family members, friends, colleagues, prominent scientists and dignitaries from all over the world gathered in Amsterdam to pay tribute to the lives and legacies of Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren. The remembrance was held at the Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC) where Joep and Jacqueline met and worked together for many years. The day was organized by the AMC, the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and PharmAccess Foundation. The latter two were both founded by Joep. A morning symposium titled ‘Research in action: from AIDS to global health to impact’ highlighted Joep's scientific legacy (Figure 1). During the remembrance in the afternoon, a range of speakers shared memories of Joep and Jacqueline. As was the case during their lives, the personal and the professional were closely intertwined throughout the day. As Prof Peter Piot said, Joep and Jacqueline shared a common perspective on life: ‘La folie suprême est de voir la vie comme elle est et non comme elle devrait être.’ If there was one thing that defined them both, it was indeed that they saw life – and lived it – not as it was, but as it should be. ‘Joep's place in history is really as the visionary architect of combination therapy,’ Prof Piot stated, adding that ‘it cannot be stressed enough that he was ahead of his time, a true innovator.’ Joep's contribution didn't stop at science. Dr Khama Rogo of the World Bank explained that ‘it's not enough to be a doctor or a researcher if you're not also an activist.’ Joep fully understood the importance of translating research into action and generating impact for people. Prof Marcel Levi, chairman of the AMC, summarized the enormity of the impact Joep had on the world with the words ‘it's rare to know someone who has saved millions of lives.’ The scientific symposium traced Joep's career, starting in the early eighties with the treatment of the first AIDS patients and the design of antiretroviral therapy, moving towards the emerging field of global health and ending with his most recent focus: using knowledge derived from scientific research to improve access to quality health care in real-world settings. From Prof Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of HIV, to Prof Michael Merson, who founded Duke University's Global Health Institute, the list of presenters reads like a who's who of people involved at key moments in the history of HIV and global health (Figure 2). ‘And Joep,’ as Barré-Sinoussi said, ‘contributed to all eras of HIV.’ More memories of Joep and Jacqueline shared throughout the day are available at http://www.joepandjacqueline.org/remembrance/ .
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- 2015
31. Drug use, HIV, HCV and TB: major interlinked challenges in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Michel Kazatchkine
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Drug ,Harm reduction ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Central asia ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Prevalence ,medicine.disease ,Heroin ,Outreach ,Infectious Diseases ,Pharmacotherapy ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,medicine ,Oral Presentation – Abstract O231 ,business ,Demography ,media_common ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Eastern Europe and Central Asia have the largest drug epidemic globally and the fastest and still expanding HIV epidemic. The Russian Federation and Ukraine together account for over 90% of the reported AIDS cases in the region. If small in absolute numbers, the epidemics are however significant in prevalence rate in most countries of Central Asia. Most heroin and many of the new synthetic or home-made drugs are injected, which has led to high prevalence levels (up to 90%) of HCV infection in people who inject drugs (PWID). The two epidemics of HIV and HCV are in turn interlinked with TB and MDR-TB that are highly prevalent among marginalized populations in the region. Despite progress in the last two years, access to antiretroviral treatment remains far below global levels and increases more slowly than new reported cases of HIV. Access to prevention is limited with low coverage of needle exchange programs and very low or inexistent access to opioid substitutive therapy. There are few exceptions to this situation, including Ukraine where harm reduction programs are being scaled up together with significant peer outreach programs for PWIDs. This is likely to be the reason why the epidemic curves in the Russian Federation and Ukraine are now diverging. The region faces many structural, cultural, societal and political obstacles in responding to these quadruple epidemics. Without a significantly expanded and strengthened response, these epidemics will remain major causes of illness and premature deaths in the region. (Published: 2 November 2014) Citation : Abstracts of the HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow Congress 2014 Kazatchkine M. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2014, 17(Suppl 3) :19501 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/19501 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.4.19501
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- 2014
32. Enhanced: The Need for a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
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Andrew J. McMichael, David Baltimore, Michel Kazatchkine, Edmund C. Tramont, M. W. Makgoba, Richard D. Klausner, Chris Collins, Helene D Gayle, Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Harold E. Varmus, Julie L. Gerberding, Margaret I. Johnston, Anthony S. Fauci, Seth Berkley, Judith N. Wasserheit, Giuseppe Pantaleo, R. Gordon Douglas, Peter Piot, Barton F. Haynes, José Esparza, Yiming Shao, Lawrence Corey, Donald P. Francis, and Gary J. Nabel
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Clinical trial ,Multidisciplinary ,Knowledge management ,business.industry ,Collaborative model ,Nanotechnology ,HIV vaccine ,business ,Pace - Abstract
A new collaborative model of research is needed to increase resources, to prioritize the RD (ii) to increase the pace, reduce the overlap, and more systematically explore the elements of and delivery systems for vaccines; (iii) to use common standards for the prompt comparative testing of vaccine candidates; (iv) to expand resources for manufacturing vaccine candidates to speed their use in human trials; and (v) to increase the capacity for international clinical trials and to focus this effort toward quickly measuring the effectiveness of vaccine protection as prototype vaccine candidates are identified.
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- 2003
33. Natural recognition repertoire and the evolutionary emergence of the combinatorial immune system
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Michel Kazatchkine, John J. Marchalonis, Srini V. Kaveri, and Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes
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Genetics ,Innate immune system ,biology ,Repertoire ,Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell ,Immunoglobulins ,Biological Evolution ,Biochemistry ,Immunity, Innate ,Natural (archaeology) ,Immune system ,Antigen ,Evolutionary biology ,Immunity ,Immune System ,biology.protein ,Animals ,Humans ,Compartment (development) ,Antibody ,Molecular Biology ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The primordial combinatorial immune recognition repertoire arose in the evolution of jawed vertebrates approximately 450 million years ago as a rapid genetic process independent of antigenic selection. We propose that it encompassed the entire repertoire of innate immunity involving molecules that had evolved over billions of years. The 'antigen-driven' compartment involving invasive pathogens operates in 'real time' showing inducibility and increases in affinity. Individuals within a species differ in their repertoires because of distinct antigenic challenges, genetics, or local environmental effects. The 'homeostatic' compartment that recognizes invariant cell and serum components should be conserved in all individuals of a species. The potential to recapitulate the entire recognition spectrum must be regenerated during the formation of new species. Evidence for the capacity of the combinatorial response to encompass the entire preexisting repertoire was obtained in studies of natural human IgG antibodies present in intravenous immunoglobulin. Since essential cellular recognition and regulatory elements are conserved throughout evolution, we propose that the natural antibodies of sharks, the most anciently emerged vertebrates to possess the combinatorial immune response, will resemble those of mammals in showing specificity for the conserved recognition/regulatory molecules. If verified, this hypothesis will establish the fundamental importance of natural antibodies not only in defense, but in regulation and functional homeostasis of the individual.
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- 2002
34. Reasons for drug policy reform: people who use drugs are denied evidence based treatment
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Michel Kazatchkine
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Evidence-based practice ,MEDLINE ,030508 substance abuse ,HIV Infections ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Substance Abuse, Intravenous ,Psychiatry ,Health policy ,Harm reduction ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,fungi ,food and beverages ,General Medicine ,Drug policy reform ,medicine.disease ,Substance abuse ,Evidence-Based Practice ,Health Care Reform ,Health care reform ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Methadone ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Prohibition can prevent access to harm reduction treatment, including methadone, for people who inject drugs, writes Michel Kazatchkine
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- 2017
35. Twenty-point plan for science policy
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Michel Kazatchkine, Julian Kinderlerer, and Aidan Gilligan
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030505 public health ,Multidisciplinary ,Point (typography) ,Policy making ,Declaration ,Public policy ,Plan (drawing) ,Public administration ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political science ,Science policy ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0305 other medical science - Published
- 2017
36. Maximizing the benefits of antiretroviral therapy for key affected populations
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Ruth M Thomas, Michel Kazatchkine, Chris Beyrer, Sarah W. Beckham, Joep M. A. Lange, Manoj Kurian, Eliot R Albers, Ian R Grubb, Mauro Cabral, and Stefano Vella
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Gerontology ,Adult ,Male ,Time Factors ,Population ,Vulnerability ,Psychological intervention ,Stigma (botany) ,Guidelines as Topic ,HIV Infections ,Global Health ,World Health Organization ,human rights ,Health Services Accessibility ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ,Global health ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,10. No inequality ,education ,Health policy ,Harm reduction ,education.field_of_study ,030505 public health ,treatment ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Anti-Retroviral Agents ,Commentary ,HIV/AIDS ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Introduction : Scientific research has demonstrated the clinical benefits of earlier initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART), and that ART can markedly reduce HIV transmission to sexual partners. Ensuring universal access to ART for those who need it has long been a core principle of the HIV response, and extending the benefits of ART to key populations is critical to increasing the impact of ART and the overall effectiveness of the HIV response. However, this can only be achieved through coordinated efforts to address political, social, legal and economic barriers that key populations face in accessing HIV services. Discussion : Recent analyses show that HIV prevalence levels among key populations are far higher than among the general population, and they experience a range of biological and behavioural factors, and social, legal and economic barriers that increase their vulnerability to HIV and have resulted in alarmingly low ART coverage. World Health Organization 2014 consolidated guidance on HIV among key populations offers the potential for increased access to ART by key populations, following the same principles as for the general adult population. However, it should not be assumed that key populations will achieve greater access to ART unless stigma, discrimination and punitive laws, policies and practices that limit access to ART and other HIV interventions in many countries are addressed. Conclusions : Rights-based approaches and investments in critical enablers, such as supportive legal and policy environments, are essential to enable wider access to ART and other HIV interventions for key populations. The primary objective of ART should always be to treat the person living with HIV; prevention is an important, additional benefit. ART should be provided only with informed consent. The preventive benefits of treatment must not be used as a pretext for failure to provide other necessary HIV programming for key populations, including comprehensive harm reduction and other prevention interventions tailored to meet the needs of key populations. An end to AIDS is only possible if we overcome the barriers of criminalization, stigma and discrimination that remain key drivers of the HIV epidemics among key populations. Keywords: treatment; HIV/AIDS; human rights. (Published: 18 July 2014) Citation: Grubb IR et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2014, 17:19320 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/19320 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.1.19320
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- 2014
37. Editorial commentary: successful methadone delivery in East Africa and its global implications
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Michel Kazatchkine, Andy Guise, Tim Rhodes, and Steffanie A. Strathdee
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Microbiology (medical) ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Economic growth ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Medication Adherence ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Hygiene ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,East africa ,Opiate Substitution Treatment ,Humans ,media_common ,business.industry ,Public health ,medicine.disease ,Infectious Diseases ,Alliance ,Tropical medicine ,HIV/AIDS ,Female ,business ,Methadone ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Andy Guise, Michel Kazatchkine, Tim Rhodes, and Steffanie A. Strathdee Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Brighton, United Kingdom; United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Geneva, Switzerland; and Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego
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- 2014
38. Russia's ban on methadone for drug users in Crimea will worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic and risk public health
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Michel Kazatchkine
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Economic growth ,Public policy ,Developing country ,Legislation ,Public Policy ,Social issues ,Communicable Diseases ,Disease Outbreaks ,Russia ,Drug Users ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Opiate Substitution Treatment ,Humans ,Health policy ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,business.industry ,Public health ,virus diseases ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Analgesics, Opioid ,Needle-Exchange Programs ,Public Health ,business ,Methadone ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Injecting drug use drives the huge HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region, but Russian law does not permit the substitution treatment that is shown to help. The end of its provision on 1 May will have huge repercussions, says Michel Kazatchkine
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- 2014
39. Autoantibodies in Therapeutic Preparations of Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg)
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Srini V. Kaveri, Veerupaxagouda Patil, Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes, Jagadeesh Bayry, and Michel Kazatchkine
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biology ,business.industry ,Autoantibody ,Inflammation ,Germline ,Immune system ,Immunization ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,medicine ,Immune homeostasis ,Antibody ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Target antigen - Abstract
Naturally occurring autoantibodies (NAbs) with germline or close to germline configurations are specific to self- and altered self-components, and they exist in the serum of healthy individuals, independent of deliberate immunization with a target antigen. Human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) consists of pooled immunoglobulin (IgG) from several thousand healthy volunteers. In addition to immune deficiency, IVIg is used in the treatment of several autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. The polyreactive, low- to moderate-affinity but high-avidity NAbs are an important part of the composition of IVIg. It is well established that NAbs play a significant role in maintaining tissue and immune homeostasis in a healthy individual. It is thus conceivable that NAbs present within IVIg may participate in exerting the beneficial effects observed during the course of treatment of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Understanding the mechanisms by which NAbs operate under different clinical settings is of critical significance. In this chapter, we summarize the roles of NAbs in IVIg.
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- 2014
40. 'Rational Vaccine Design' for HIV Should Take into Account the Adaptive Potential of Polyreactive Antibodies
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Srinivas V. Kaveri, Jordan D. Dimitrov, Michel Kazatchkine, and Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes
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lcsh:Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,Opinion ,Immunology ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,Immunoglobulins ,HIV Infections ,Biology ,Cross Reactions ,medicine.disease_cause ,Microbiology ,Neutralization ,Immune system ,Antigen ,Immunodeficiency Viruses ,Antibody Specificity ,Virology ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Polyreactive antibodies ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Molecular Biology ,AIDS Vaccines ,Rationalization ,Viral Vaccine ,Immunity ,Adaptation, Physiological ,Antibodies, Neutralizing ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Drug Design ,biology.protein ,HIV-1 ,Parasitology ,Antibody ,lcsh:RC581-607 - Abstract
The long-standing quest for the development of vaccines that confer protection against highly mutable viruses such as HIV, hepatitis C, and influenza has elicited numerous structural and functional studies on virus-neutralizing human antibodies. These studies have aimed at translating the knowledge acquired on broadly neutralizing antibodies to the design of better immunogens for the induction of specific and protective immune responses. The last few months were marked by several seminal articles that investigate HIV-neutralizing human antibodies. These studies have characterized essential mechanistic details of the neutralization of HIV and imply that both exquisite specificity and degeneracy of the specificity of antibodies may be equally important for HIV neutralization. In this Opinion, we highlight and further discuss the potential of polyreactive (promiscuous) antibodies in defense against promptly evolving viruses. Despite having been somewhat neglected by mainstream immunologists in the last 20 years, polyreactive antibodies may come to light as new weapons against HIV.
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- 2011
41. Redoubling global efforts to support HIV/AIDS and human rights
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Michel, Kazatchkine
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Human Rights ,Humans ,HIV Infections ,Patient Advocacy ,Global Health ,Developing Countries - Abstract
The role that human rights can play in the global response to HIVIAIDS is crucial. People around the world continue to be placed at risk of HIV due to ongoing human rights violations. In this article--based on a public lecture he gave at "From Evidence and Principle to Policy and Action", the 2nd Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights, held on 10-12 June 2010 in Toronto, Canada--Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, discusses how the lack of support for programs that protect and promote human rights is one of the failures in the response to AIDS. He stresses that advocates must reinvigorate efforts for human rights and treatment and prevention for all, including for the most marginalized populations.
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- 2011
42. Time to act: a call for comprehensive responses to HIV in people who use drugs
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Chris Beyrer, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Michel Kazatchkine, and Michel Sidibé
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Economic growth ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Human rights ,business.industry ,Substance-Related Disorders ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public health ,Psychological intervention ,Prison ,HIV Infections ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Article ,Politics ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Action (philosophy) ,Expanded access ,Immunology ,Medicine ,Humans ,business ,Substance Abuse, Intravenous ,media_common - Abstract
The published work on HIV in people who use drugs shows that the global burden of HIV infection in this group can be reduced. Concerted action by governments, multilateral organisations, health systems, and individuals could lead to enormous benefits for families, communities, and societies. We review the evidence and identify synergies between biomedical science, public health, and human rights. Cost-effective interventions, including needle and syringe exchange programmes, opioid substitution therapy, and expanded access to HIV treatment and care, are supported on public health and human rights grounds; however, only around 10% of people who use drugs worldwide are being reached, and far too many are imprisoned for minor offences or detained without trial. To change this situation will take commitment, advocacy, and political courage to advance the action agenda. Failure to do so will exacerbate the spread of HIV infection, undermine treatment programmes, and continue to expand prison populations with patients in need of care.
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- 2010
43. Vienna Declaration: a call for evidence-based drug policies
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Don C. Des Jarlais, Julio S. G. Montaner, Michel Kazatchkine, Catherine Hankins, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Dan Werb, David J. Nutt, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Robin Gorna
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Evidence-based practice ,Evidence-Based Medicine ,Health Policy ,Drug policies ,Declaration ,General Medicine ,Public administration ,Legislation, Drug ,United States ,Law Enforcement ,Political science ,Drug and Narcotic Control ,Humans ,Public Health - Published
- 2010
44. [Access to treatment of HIV/AIDS in the South: the challenges of sustainability]
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Michel, Kazatchkine and Jean-Paul, Moatti
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Anti-HIV Agents ,Universal Health Insurance ,International Cooperation ,Africa ,Financing, Organized ,Humans ,HIV Infections ,World Health Organization ,Drug Costs ,Health Services Accessibility ,Program Evaluation - Published
- 2009
45. Two-months-off, four-months-on antiretroviral regimen increases the risk of resistance, compared with continuous therapy: a randomized trial involving West African adults
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Christine, Danel, Raoul, Moh, Marie-Laure, Chaix, Delphine, Gabillard, Joachim, Gnokoro, Charles-Joseph, Diby, Thomas, Toni, Lambert, Dohoun, Christine, Rouzioux, Emmanuel, Bissagnene, Roger, Salamon, Xavier, Anglaret, and Michel, Kazatchkine
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ,HIV Infections ,Drug Administration Schedule ,law.invention ,Random Allocation ,Pharmacotherapy ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Internal medicine ,Drug Resistance, Viral ,medicine ,Clinical endpoint ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,education ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,HIV ,Viral Vaccines ,Viral Load ,Surgery ,CD4 Lymphocyte Count ,Clinical trial ,Regimen ,Infectious Diseases ,Clinical research ,Cote d'Ivoire ,Treatment Outcome ,Anti-Retroviral Agents ,Mutation ,Income ,Female ,business ,Viral load - Abstract
A randomized trial was launched in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002 to compare continuous antiretroviral treatment (hereafter, "C-ART") to an ART regimen of 2 months off and 4 months on therapy (hereafter, "2/4-ART"). We report the final analysis.A total of 435 adults who were receiving successful ART ((median CD4 cell count prior to ART, 272 cells/mm(3); 88% were receiving a zidovudine-lamivudine-efavirenz regimen) were randomized to receive C-ART or 2/4-ART. The main primary end point was the percentage of patients with350 CD4 cells/mm(3) at 24 months. The sample size ensured 80% power to demonstrate noninferiority (noninferiority bound, -15%), assuming that 30% of the patients in the C-ART arm would have350 CD4 cells/mm(3). Other end points were mortality, morbidity, cost of care, genotypic resistance, adherence, and toxicity.The percentage of patients with350 CD4 cells/mm(3) at 24 months was 5.6% (6 of 107) in the C-ART arm and 14.6% (46 of 315) in the 2/4-ART arm (lower bound of the 95% CI for the difference, -14%). Cost was 18% higher in the C-ART arm, and resistance to nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) was 20% higher in the 2/4-ART arm. Other end points were nonconclusive.Although 2/4-ART met the predetermined criteria for noninferiority, the percentage of patients with350 CD4 cells/mm(3) in the C-ART arm was lower than anticipated, which makes the clinical significance of this noninferiority uncertain. In addition, 2/4-ART led to an unacceptable additional risk of selecting for drug-resistant virus. This new argument against episodic ART strategies is also a caveat against any unplanned ART interruptions in Africa, where most patients receive NNRTIs.
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- 2008
46. The Global Fund expands its role
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Michel Kazatchkine
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WHO News ,Economic growth ,Tuberculosis ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,medicine ,Developing country ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,business ,Malaria ,Healthcare system - Abstract
Since the Global Fund was established in 2002, it has expanded from 15 to 300 staff and plans to triple its current size by 2010, reaching a spending target of US$ 6 billion per year to meet projected demand. Single disease campaigns have recently come under fire for destroying health systems, but Kazatchkine argues that vertical funds can, in fact, strengthen health systems. He tells the Bulletin about his organization’s plans to finance health systems in developing countries while continuing to fund country programmes for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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- 2007
47. Briser l’impact de l’épidémie du sida dans les pays du Sud
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Michel Kazatchkine
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- 2004
48. Increased resources for the Global Fund, but pledges fall short of expected demand
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Michel Kazatchkine
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International Cooperation ,Financing, Organized ,Developing country ,HIV Infections ,General Medicine ,Private sector ,Pledge ,Malaria ,Health services ,Scale (social sciences) ,Development economics ,Global health ,Humans ,Tuberculosis ,Business ,Developing Countries ,Time range ,AIDS tuberculosis - Abstract
This commentary discusses how the pledges to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria from countries the private sector and innovative funding sources have fallen short of the demand estimates despite the pledged sum being the largest amount ever mobilized for global health. The US $11.7 billion pledge for the 2011-2013 time range is an increase of more than 20% over 2007-2010 and will go toward maintaining programs at their current scale and support further significant expansion of health services in many countries. It explains that the shortfall to meet the $13 billion will result in challenging decisions about which new programs to support and a slower rate of scale-up for new programs.
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- 2010
49. Tuberculosis and HIV: time for an intensified response
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Hiroki Nakatani, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Michel Sidibé, and Michel Kazatchkine
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Integrated services ,Tuberculosis ,AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ,Restructuring ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Population ,Global Leadership ,Vulnerability ,AIDS Serodiagnosis ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Decentralization ,Directly Observed Therapy ,Family medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,business ,education ,Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ,Africa South of the Sahara ,Health policy - Abstract
This article describes several urgent actions that are needed to promote rapid scale-up of effective and integrated services for tuberculosis and HIV and to tackle the factors that increase vulnerability and put people at risk of HIV-related tuberculosis. These include: bold national leadership health system restructuring to foster greater integration of tuberculosis and HIV services that provide routine tuberculosis screening treatment and prevention to people living with HIV; and to offer HIV counseling and testing to all patients with signs and symptoms of tuberculosis decentralized care to ensure improved access investment in new tools and better use of existing tools and global leadership from donors countries of the global south and key health agencies.
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- 2010
50. Lessons and myths in the HIV/AIDS response – Authors' reply
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Peter Piot, Michel Kazatchkine, Julian Lob-Levyt, and Mark Dybul
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,business.industry ,Family medicine ,medicine ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2009
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