Could Concentrated Hiv Epidemics Make Aids Unbeatable?

“I’m really concerned about the future of the AIDS epidemic, especially at a time when we are perhaps a little too optimistic because of the huge progress we are making from a technological and scientific perspective,” he said. “As we celebrate the extraordinary progress, we should also be conscious that we will not stop HIV and AIDS by just having more sophisticated drugs and only focusing on the generalized epidemic and not focusing enough on the complexities of the concentrated epidemics.” The worrisome groups are fairly clearly defined: Injecting drug users, who can pass the AIDS virus to each other by sharing needles and syringes, prostitutes and sex workers, who are often criminalized and have little access to health services, and gay and bisexual men – the population in which the HIV epidemic started. A TALE OF TWO WOMEN To illustrate how little has changed in the battle against HIV among drugs users – particularly in regions such as Eastern Europe and central Asia – Kazatchkine tells of two women. The first is Andree, a drug user he met in Paris in 1986 who had no hope of effective HIV treatment, since there was none yet developed, and who ultimately died a lonely death. You will find the original content at this website http://news.yahoo.com/could-concentrated-hiv-epidemics-aids-unbeatable-051405138.html

Source: aids-write.org - November 7, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs