Graeme Meintjes

To join: uct-za.zoom.us/j/91324125620?…

Cape Town sunset last night

Longer term virologic outcomes in ARTIST trial (n=192) showing favourable suppression rates on 2nd line TLD, although 2 participants (~1%) did develop DTG resistance. Congrats Jen van Heerden. sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivm…

ANALYSIS | We're watching the largest HIV treatment programme in the world unravel in real time. We don't need perfection, but we need a combination of urgency, action, and strategy to save it, argues Professor Francois Venter. | @SpotlightNSP brnw.ch/21wSiNU

Our paper on urine Xpert Ultra testing in people with HIV admitted to hospital and being investigated for TB ... an important additional test to help make rapid diagnoses among these people. Congrats to Dave Stead who led this study in 2 hospitals in EC🇿🇦 academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Norway gives more foreign aid per capita than any other OECD country. (Our World in Data)

Highlighting the crisis posed by reduced access to CD4 testing platforms in settings where they are most needed - and the implications of this for the care of people living with HIV: thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Electrification progress in South Africa

"In 2023, Tuberculosis (TB) probably returned to being the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, following 3 years in which it was replaced by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and caused almost twice as many deaths as HIV/AIDS." buff.ly/3C3Hsuw

Postcard view of Table Mountain at 4km into the Cape Town marathon this morning

Cape Town Marathon tomorrow 🏃. Weather looking reasonable. Marathon number 26 for me.

“Service delivery requires people, not just money ...... But you need the software of routines, relationships, values, passion to make the system really work.” Great profile of Prof Lucy Gilson, UCT health systems academic dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-1…

Join us for this exciting, one-day SAHCS conference! We’re looking forward to Prof Francois Venter's presentation on the role of #Lenacapavir and how it could redefine first-line #HIVtreatment. Register now 👉🏽 bit.ly/3V6F39u @FrancoisVenter3 @SpotlightNSP @Bhekisisa_MG

An absolute giant has passed. Freedom fighter, fiercely independent thinker, modest man with a great sense of humour. Hambe Kahle.