HIV News USA

Collectively we have made remarkable progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS - 4 million people have access to treatment, millions of children orphaned by AIDS are receiving essential services and health systems are being strengthened.

The International AIDS Society (IAS) in collaboration with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) convened a global consultation meeting on prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS among drug using populations from 11-12 January 2010 in Washington DC.

Of the 33.2 million people living with HIV a third are estimated to also be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Three years after the adoption of the WHO/UNAIDS Guidance on Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling, universal access to HIV testing remains a distant goal.

Around the world HIV continues to spread among men who have sex with men (MSM).

Where Europe and Central Asia are in terms of HIV prevention, treatment and political commitment?

To date responses to the epidemic have been largely individualistic, bypassing families.

The past decade has shown that providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) makes clinical, social and economic sense. ART is bending all epidemiological curves, resulting in reduced morbidity and mortality, and recent research now shows that treatment also reduces HIV incidence. Despite this evidence, donors are shifting their focus away from AIDS just as efforts should be ramped up.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force in international law in 2008.

According to the latest data, significant progress has been made in delivering prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in low- and middle-income countries.