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HIV/AIDS Therapy and Prevention: The Two Solitudes

Author(s) -

Jocelyne Piret,

Michel G. Bergeron

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2009/462643

Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , medicine , developing country , low and middle income countries , treatment as prevention , family medicine , environmental health , gerontology , economic growth , viral load , economics

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced gains in the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide for the year 2007. This was attributed to the increase in access to antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries. However, nearly 7000 new cases of HIV infection occurred each day of the same year. We propose that the number of new HIV infections need to be reduced, by the use of prevention methods, to have a significant impact on the epidemic. We could better control HIV/AIDS only through the integration of therapeutic and multiple prevention strategies elaborated on a community-based approach. Prevention and treatment must be scaled up in a balanced way.

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