Contents. Previous page.  order on line.

---

PUBLICATIONS & SERVICES FROM i-BASE

---

i-Base website

The website has been redesigned to be faster, easier to use, and simpler to navigate.
http://www.i-base.info

A new section has been added about adapting and translating i-Base materials in other countries:
http://www.i-base.info/education/adapting.html

The site also includes a web-based Q&A section for people to ask questions about their own treatment:
http://www.i-base.info/questions/index.html

A section on Education, Advocacy and Training includes our training manual for advocates with eight 2-hour modules that include questions and evaluation. Training modules start with basics, including CD4, viral load and other monitoring tests, combination therapy and side effects, and include overviews of the main opportunistic infections. There is a module on pregnancy and another module on IV drug users and treatment.

All i-Base publications are available online, including editions of the treatment guides. The site gives details about i-Base, the UK Community Advisory Board (UK-CAB), our phone service and meetings, as well as access to our archives and an extensive range of links. It can be used to order publications and regular subscriptions to be delivered by post or email (as PDF files).

An average of 6000 pages are served from the site each day.

New i-Base Book: “Why we must provide HIV treatment information”

Photography by Wolfgang Tillmans

i-Base has worked as a treatment literacy project for over six years. Over this time we have always produced copyright-free material and encouraged other organisations to use, translate and adapt our material. Through this work, we have been very lucky to develop links to many other advocacy projects outside the UK.

A recent meeting, held in Cape Town earlier this year, focused on how to raise the profile of treatment literacy. One result from the meeting is a publication “Why we must provide HIV treatment information”.

With text provided by activists from 25 countries and 50 full colour photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans, this limited edition 100-page publication is being sold by i-Base to raise funds to help support our international treatment literacy projects.

We are asking for minimum donation price of £10.00 plus £2.50 p&p.

Thank you for your support.

Please contact the i-Base office for more details:
T: 020 7407 8488
or email
bookoffer@i-Base.org.uk

or post the donation form on the inside back page of any issue of HTB, using either ‘standing order’ or ‘one-off donation’ as appropriate.

Thank you for your support.

Treatment training for advocates

i-Base have produced a training manual for advocates that is available online as a PDF document. It provides a basic entry-level curriculum relating to HIV and treatment. Each module includes non-technical review material, test questions, an evaluation and a glossary.

The manual is available in English, Russian, Portuguese, Hindi and Nepalese.
http://www.i-base.info/education/index.html
http://www.nkplus.org

UK CAB: reports and presentations

The UK Community Advisory Board (UK CAB) is a network for community treatment workers across the UK that has been meeting for three years. Each meeting includes two training lectures and a meeting with a pharmaceutical company or specialist researcher.

The CAB has a separate website, where reading material, reports and presentations from these meetings are posted. The 21st meeting was on Friday 20 April, and focused on two subjects: integrase inhibitors, and African-specific treatment issues.

http://www.ukcab.net
http://www.ukcab.net/apr07

World CAB - reports on international drug pricing

Two reports from meetings between community advocates and pharmaceutical companies, that focused on pricing issues and global access to treatment, and that are now available online.

Both are available to download as a PDF file form the i-Base website.
http://www.i-base.info/wcab/index.html

NEW: Guide to hepatitis C for people living with HIV: testing, coinfection, treatment and support
May 2007 edition

This is a new i-Base guide. It is a non-technical patient guide to Hepatitis C and coinfection with HIV.

This booklet mainly covers treatment related aspects of coinfection including transmission, natural history, tests and monitoring, HCV treatment and side effects, research into new drugs and living with coinfection. It also includes contributions from a wide range of people with direct experience of coinfection. The online version of this guide includes additional text.

This guide is also available in Russian.

NEW: Guide to changing treatment: what to do when your treatment fails
April 2007 edition

This is a non-technical patient guide to changing treatment, drug resistance and what to do if treatment fails. It is updated to include recent advances in new treatments and strategies, especially in relation to use of new and expanded access treatments.

This booklet helps patients in discussions with doctors, and covers what can be done if viral load starts to rise, and the importance of considering or finding out why the current combination failed, treatment strategies and new pipeline treatments.

Introduction to combination therapy
June 2006 edition

This non-technical patient guide to treatment is available in 12 languages. It explains what combination therapy is, how well it works, who can benefit from it, when to start taking it, some differences between treating men and women, side effects, the best combinations, changing treatment, taking part in drug trials, your relationship with your doctor, the importance of adherence, and how to avoid drug resistance.

Printed and/or PDF versions of earlier versions of this booklet are available in other languagues.

NEW: Guide to HIV, pregnancy & women’s health
June 2007 edition

Updated and revised in April 2005, this patient guide helps women get the most out of HIV treatment and care before, during and after pregnancy. It should help whether on therapy or not and includes information for the mothers health and for the health of the baby.

The guide gives information on medication, Caesarean section and breastfeeding, as well as details of other sources of help. It is aimed at people in a wide range of circumstances including positive women thinking about having children and pregnant women who have recently been diagnosed HIV-positive.

Guide to avoiding & managing side effects
February 2005 edition

This is a comprehensive 44-page guide that is aimed at helping anyone using HIV drugs to get the most out of their treatment, the most out of their relationships with their doctor and other health professionals, to get better medical care to improve their health and, most importantly, to enjoy a better quality of life.

New sections are included on heart disease, lipodystrophy, and information relating to newer drugs including T-20, atazanavir, tenofovir, FTC and fosamprenavir.

Translations of i-Base guides

Original material published by i-Base can be translated and reprinted, and has so far been produced in over 35 languages.

More information about this process is available on the i-Base website.

In addition, pdf files of some of the translated publications are available on the i-Base site. Please be aware that some of these translations are form earlier editions of the treatment guides, and check the publication date before relying on all information.
http://www.i-base.info/about/downloads.html

Bosnian

Introduction to combination therapy - May 07

Bulgarian

HIV, pregnancy & women's health - Mar 06
Introduction to combination therapy - May 06

Chinese

Avoiding & managing side effects - Aug 02
Changing treatment: second line & salvage therapy - Aug 02
Introduction to combination therapy - Aug 02

Croatian

Introduction to combination therapy - May 07

Czech/Slovak

Introduction to combination therapy - Jun 07
Changing treatment: second line & salvage therapy - Jun 05

French

HIV, pregnancy & women’s health - April 06
Avoiding & managing side effects - Jun 06
Introduction to combination therapy - Jun 01

Greek

Changing treatment: second line & salvage therapy - Mar 03
Introduction to combination therapy - Nov 01

Hindi

Treatment training for advocates: a manual - 06
Introduction to combination therapy - 06
Guide to Changing treatment - 06
Avoiding & managing side effects - 06
HIV, pregnancy & women’s health - 06

Indonesian

HIV, pregnancy, & women’s health - 06
Further treatment information in Indonesian
http://www.spiritia.or.id

Italian

Introduction to combination therapy - Jun 06
Avoiding & managing side effects - Oct 03
Changing treatment - Oct 03
HIV, pregnancy and women’s health - Jun 04

Macedonian

Introduction to combination therapy - May 07

Nepali

Treatment training for advocates: a manual - 06
Guide to Starting Treatment - 06
Guide to Changing treatment - 06
Side Effects Guide - 06
HIV, pregnancy & women’s health - 06

Portuguese

Introduction to combination therapy - Sep 05
Treatment training manual PDF File

Romanian

Guide to Starting Treatment - 05
Guide to Changing treatment - 05
Side Effects Guide - 05
HIV, pregnancy & women's health - 05

Russian

Introduction to combination therapy - May 06
HIV, pregnancy and women’s health - April 05
Treatment training manual - 05
Hepatitis C for people living with HIV May - 07

Serbian

Introduction to combination therapy - 04

Spanish

HIV, pregnancy and women’s health - May 06
Avoiding & managing side effects - Nov 02
Introduction to combination therapy - Nov 00

Treatment ‘Passports’

These popular booklets are for HIV-positive people - whether newly diagnosed or positive for a long time - to keep a record of health and treatment history. Like all i-Base publications, they are available free as single copies, or in bulk.

HIV Treatment Bulletin (HTB)

A review of the latest research and other news. HTB is published 10 times a year in a printed version, in a PDF file that we can email to you, and on our website.

The printed version is available at most HIV clinics in the UK and is available free by post.

Treatment information request service - 0808 800 6013

i-Base offers specialised treatment information for individuals, based on the latest research.

We can provide information and advice over the phone, and we can mail or email copies of the latest research studies relevant to the caller.

For further details, call the i-Base treatment information free phone line on 0808 800 6013. The line is usually staffed by positive people and is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12 noon to 4pm. All calls are in confidence and are free within the UK.

New online Q&A service

A new ‘question and answer’ service has been added to the i-Base website. Questions can either be answered privately, or if you give permission, we will post the answers online (omitting any personally identifying information).
http://www.i-base.info/questions/index.html

Recent questions include:

• Do we need to have an abortion?
• Should I get treatment in Manchester or London?
• Can people with Black skin use New-Fill?
• What does a viral load of 2.8 mean?
• Is general weakness and other symptoms related to HIV or starting meds?
• I’m HIV-positive and want to know how often should I have sex with my girlfriend?
• I’m worried that a reaction to antibiotics are symptoms of HIV
• Can switching to Atripla from Sustiva + Truvada explain a drop in my CD4 count?
• Is it possible to have sex with someone with HIV and not catch the virus?
• Can I safely keep chickens?
• Can I wait 2 weeks to see my doc? My first CD4 count came back at 266.
• Question about travel vaccinations to Egypt
• How reliable is the DUO HIV test?
• is it mandatory to take prophylaxis against PCP?
• Why does my CD4 count vary on treatment? Can I do anything to keep it higher?
• Newly diagnosed in Ireland
• My CD4 count is 568. Can I increase it without treatment?
• Do Truvada and Sustiva cause weight loss?
• What is the safe window period to take HIV drugs? How can I help my partner adhere?
• still have severe side effects after 6 months on efavirenz (Sustiva) - should I switch?
• What is the outlook for my girlfriend who has a CD4 count of 101?

Order i-Base publications via the internet, post or fax

People with internet access can use our website to order and receive publications. You can access our publications online or subscribe to receive them by email or by post; and you can order single copies or bulk deliveries by using the forms at:
http//www.i-base.info/forms/index.html

Copies of publications can also be ordered by post or fax using the form on the back page of HTB. These methods of ordering are suitable for all our publications: HIV Treatment Bulletin (HTB), Treatment ‘Passports’ and all our guides to managing HIV and additional reports.

Contents. Previous page.  order on line.

---

Top | htb | Home | Order & subscribe | Contact | Site map | Access