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The HIV continuum of care is a framework for monitoring of health-care service targets. From a public health perspective, little is known about the changes of transmission risks of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) at different stages in the continuum. In this study we aimed to assess the effects of HIV diagnosis and enrolment in care on the transmission risk of HIV-infected MSM in Hong Kong. ⋯ Council for the AIDS Trust Fund, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (project code MSS230R).
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To help drive the consolidation and integrated management of basic medical insurance in China, we analysed participants' satisfaction, and factors associated with satisfaction, for the Urban Employees' Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), Urban Residents' Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI), and New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS). ⋯ Funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC 71503170), Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning (201440036, 2016HP009).
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided insight into cancer genetics. However, molecular mechanisms whereby many susceptibility single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified by GWAS promote cancer heritability and risk are unknown. New research strategies to evaluate functionality are needed to systematically study causal genetic variants. ⋯ National Natural Science Foundation of China (81201586 and 31271382), National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020950), State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology (SKL-KF-2015-05).
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In the past decade, recreational drug use has considerably increased among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). This increase has a great potential to worsen the scenario of the heavy burden of HIV among Chinese MSM. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of recreational drug use, and to explore the association between poppers use and testing history for HIV or STIs, gay app use, and other sexual behaviours. ⋯ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1R01AI114310 to JT and CW); UNC-South China STD Research Training Centre (Fogarty International Centre 1D43TW009532 to JT); UNC Center for AIDS Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5P30AI050410 to JT); University of California San Francisco Centre for AIDS Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases P30 AI027763 to CW); National Institute of Mental Health (R00MH093201 to CW); the UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehead School of Medicine and Tulane University (UJMT) Fogarty Fellowship (FIC R25TW0093 to WT). This publication was also supported by Grant Number UL1TR001111 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. These funders played no role in any step of this study.
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In 2015, WHO recommended universal antiretroviral treatment for HIV irrespective of CD4 cell count. The impact of this recommendation on heterosexual HIV transmission, especially in low prevalence countries, has not been well-characterised. In Hong Kong, 38% of reported HIV cases are heterosexually acquired. We aimed to model the impacts of enhanced HIV testing and immediate treatment to provide a reference to other provinces in China. ⋯ Council for the AIDS Trust Fund.