Posted on June 20, 2016
Source: http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2016/summer/agenda/index.html#stop-the-dying
"'Access Equity Rights Now'—the theme of AIDS 2016—succinctly outlines the most pressing topics slated for the 21st biennial International AIDS Conference, to be held JULY 18–22 in Durban, South Africa.
Getting HIV prevention and treatment services to those in dire need—notably gay and bisexual men, sex workers, prisoners and drug users—remains an issue, says the Bloomberg School’s Chris Beyrer, AIDS 2016 co-chair and president of the International AIDS Society.
Widespread violations of human rights continue to undermine effective HIV prevention and treatment efforts, as does a lack of urgency.
'We have had a spectacular string of research advances,' says Beyrer, MD, MPH ’91, citing the HIV-prevention method known as PrEP, which involves individuals taking daily meds to lower their chances of getting infected. 'The big challenge now is, do we have the political will to implement these advances to reduce new infections and stop the dying?'"
