Summary
With no cure or vaccine in sight, HIV/AIDS remains a devastating epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 70% of new HIV infections occur. To curb HIV/AIDS, researchers have proposed a strategy to use drug treatment to decrease new transmissions so much that the epidemic eventually dies out. The concept requires changes in standards of when anti-retroviral therapy begins and who receives it. Could “treatment as prevention” prove to be the strategy to finally end the AIDS epidemic?
Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.
Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH
Background Articles
- HSPH AIDS Initiative
Viral Load as an Anti-AIDS Hammer - http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/viral-load-as-an-anti-aids-hammer/
Image Credit: © 2008 Gaurav Gaur, Courtesy of Photoshare. Earthen lamps form the AIDS ribbon logo created by the Department of Social Work, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
