So much of the money for HIV/AIDS interventions is spent on treating the sick that I wonder how much we value prevention. Recent work modeling the impact of immediate availability of antiretroviral therapy on HIV incidence suggest treating the HIV-infected would curb transmission (see January 2009 issue of The Lancet). Mead Over at the Center [...]
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An ounce of prevention no longer worth a pound of cure?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIDS, funding, HIV, hiv/aids, incidence, intervention, prevention, research, study, transmission, treatment on 7 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hope for change with Obama’s Global AIDS Coordinator appointment?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Africa, AIDS, bush, condoms, goosby, HIV, hiv/aids, obama, pepfar, pope, prevention, transmission, virus on 29 April 2009 | 2 Comments »
US President Obama has named Eric Goosby as Global AIDS Coordinator, making him the administrator of the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Blogger Texas in Africa has hope that the new appointment and the reign of Obama will bring about some change, in particular, a better dose of prevention. Yes, prevention is important, [...]
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