What can we read between the lines of the Secretary of State’s pledge of an “AIDS-free generation”? Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren On November 8, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a shocking (to me, anyway) speech at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, before a packed house of politicians and scientists. Under the log-line of “Creating an AIDS-Free Generation,” Clinton outlined a three-point program by which HIV freedom would supposedly be won for the world, notably developing nations. The speech went [...]

LifeGuide [Treatment Horizons] A community perspective on PrEP delves into its pros & cons by Jeannie Gibbs Post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the provision of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to HIV-negative people in order to prevent HIV infection. In light of recently released data, a heated debate is raging in the HIV community on how and if PrEP should be implemented. A vast array of ethical, financial, and medical concerns have been expressed, in fact too many to address in one article. However, most agree that PrEP (with [...]

Study results show immediate treatment holds promise as a prevention tool by Chael Needle Treatment and prevention make good bedfellows. That’s the idea underscoring the results of a large multinational clinical study, conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network, that looked at the risk of transmission in 1,763 serodiscordant (one partner is positive, one negative) couples, most of whom were male-female and whose risk factor was heterosexual sex. Funded by NIAID, HPTN 052, as the randomized, multicenter study is known, looked at both immediate and delayed [...]