HIV Policy & Advocacy
UN Commits to More HIV Treatment, but Key Populations Are Excluded
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Wednesday, 15 June 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
United Nations member states last week agreed to new targets for getting more people with HIV on treatment by 2020 and ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 at the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS. But a coalition of conservative countries was able to exclude civil society groups representing gay and transgender people and people who use drugs -- key affected populates that advocates say must be part of the conversation.
17 Million People Worldwide Are Now Receiving HIV Treatment
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Friday, 03 June 2016 00:00
- Written by UNAIDS
The number of people with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) worldwide has reached 17 million, although about the same number still do not have access to treatment and the decline in new infections has slowed, indicating the need to "reinvigorate" prevention efforts, according to the latest update from UNAIDS.
CROI 2016: Botswana Close to Reaching 90-90-90 HIV Testing and Treatment Targets
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Friday, 26 February 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Botswana is already close to reaching the 90-90-90 target for HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression, and is ahead of the United States and most European countries in its efforts to improve treatment coverage, Tendani Gaolathe of the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) this week in Boston.
CROI 2016: PopART Shows Feasibility of Reaching 90-90-90 HIV Testing and Treatment Targets
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Early findings from the PopART study of the impact of a test-and-treat strategy on antiretroviral treatment coverage and HIV incidence show that after one round of household-based testing, linkage to care, and offer of immediate antiretroviral therapy, 90% of adults knew their HIV status and 71% of adults diagnosed with HIV were on treatment, according to preliminary findings presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) in Boston. The primary outcome of the study -- the impact of expanded treatment coverage on HIV incidence -- is expected to be reported in mid-2018.
FY 2017 Budget Sustains HIV Funding, Requests More for PrEP, Opioid Epidemic
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Wednesday, 17 February 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2017 modestly increases funding for domestic HIV services -- with $20 million allocated for a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) pilot programand $9 million for HIV/HCV coinfection -- but flat funds HIV research and global AIDS assistance. The budget also address the growing opioid epidemic and includes efforts to expand Medicaid and reduce prescription drug costs.
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