Phill Wilson: What are you excited about in the fight against HIV/AIDS?

Where There’s A Will We are at a deciding moment in the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic in the United States.  As a result of recent scientific advances, we have something that just a few years ago, we couldn’t even imagine—the promise of an AIDS free generation.  We actually have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic, at least in the U.S.  We have better diagnostic tools, better surveillance tools, better treatment tools, and better prevention tools. But we have to be careful.  Sometimes we confuse being able to do something with actually doing it.  The question is less can we end the AIDS epidemic and more do we have the will to do it.  For example, getting an HIV test has never been easier or more important. Today, HIV tests are often free, painless and confidential—even anonymous—and they’re fast. And yet some 200,000 (nearly 20%) people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) don’t know their status. We have better surveillance tools than we’ve ever had before. We can identify hotspots down to zip codes or census tracts. Yet we still have HIV disparities in this country based on geography, race, sexual orientation or all three. We have better treatments today. The treatments have lower pill burdens.  The regimens are easier, more effective, and have fewer side effects. We now know that treatment is prevention. We can nearly stop HIV transmission by making sure that everyone living with HIV has access to treatment, adhere to their treatments and achieve viral sup...
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