Thursday 23 July 2015

IAS 2015: Reaching 90-90-90

AFAO Policy Analyst, Michael Frommer discusses day one of IAS 2015.

Questions about the best way to facilitate access to testing in order to reach the UNAIDS target of 90% of people with HIV diagnosed was a recurring theme in sessions on the first day of IAS 2015,  Vancouver.

Dr Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Health (US) provided an overview in his address, 'Progress and Challenges in HIV Prevention: Vaccine and Non-Vaccine Approaches'.

He argued that there is a direct equivalent to the continuum of care for HIV positive people, with a continuum of care relevant to HIV negative people too - the prevention continuum. Part of the prevention continuum is ongoing outreach - as well as the HIV prevention toolbox, which includes the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTC), pre- and post exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) and treatment as prevention (TasP).

Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Health discusses
progress and challenges in HIV prevention
He pointed to the START study results, which show that for people who commenced ART with CD4 counts higher than 500 vs 350 or below, there was a 53% decrease in serious illness and AIDS and non-AIDS-related death.

He also highlighted some of the vaccine studies, saying that although these studies are not  showing high enough efficacy yet (for example, the phase three HIV vaccine trial RV144 only had 31% efficacy)  he said that studies such as RV144 are laying the ground for more efficacious HIV vaccines in the future.

In democratising HIV testing to reach 90-90-90, Badara Samb from UNAIDS explained that the greatest challenge to meeting the 90% target of all HIV-positive people knowing their status, is that there are almost 50% who still do not know their status - around 17.1 million people.

He pointed to evidence which shows that with every 5km that a testing facility is from the target population, there is a decrease of 15% in the number of people testing, demonstrating how essential it is, literally, to bring testing to where people are at. Likewise, he emphasised how essential it is to target key affected populations. He argued that part of the solution is to promote self-testing, while recognising the challenges in relation to efficacy.

Dr Trevor Peter, from the Clinton Foundation whose address focused on New Diagnostics to Advance HIV Testing, explained that there is large amount of evidence showing a high level of misinterpretation of community-administered rapid HIV test results.

Joseph Amon from Human Rights Watch, presented on Enhanced HIV Testing in Context of Human Rights. He highlighted that since 1996 (and updated in 2016), UNAIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has produced the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, which outline the need for HIV testing to be done with consent, and that individuals have the right to high-quality HIV testing.

Issues relating to self-testing were also featured, with arguments that there is a need for much better dissemination of information about the option, while also addressing the need for linkage to care.

With the increasing array of testing options, and expanded settings including more in community, there was a palpable sense of optimism about increasing rates of HIV testing, to work towards the UNAIDS targets.

Michael Frommer, AFAO Policy Analyst, is blogging live from IAS 2015.

19 comments:

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  9. hello I'm from USA , I have been suffering from HERPES virus for the past 3 years and i had constant pain especially in my knees, During the first year I had faith in God that i will be healed someday, but this disease started circulate all over my body and i have been taking treatment from my doctor, few weeks ago i came in search on the internet if i could get any information concerning the prevention of this disease, on my search i saw a testimony of so many people who has been healed from Hepatitis B, HIV/AID, Diabetes,HSV, ALS HPV and Cancer by this Man called Dr, Aire and he also gave the email address of this man and advice we should contact him for any sickness that he would be of help, so i wrote to Dr. Aire telling him about my HERPES Virus he told me not to worry that i will be cured from this deadly disease i never believed it, well after all the procedures and remedy given to me by this man, few weeks later i started experiencing changes all over me as the Doctor assured me that i will be cured,after some time i went to my medical doctor to confirmed if i have be finally cured behold it was true,and now i'm cure totally with Dr.Aire, So friends my advise is if you have such sickness or any other at all you can email Dr,Aire on this email; drairehome@gmail.com or add him up on what-app +2347036740271

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  10. I was depressed when doctor told me that I have been diagnosed with Herpes disease… I thought about my Family, I know my Family will face a serious problem when I'm gone, I lost hope and I wept all day, but one day I was searching the internet I found Dr.ezomo contact number. +2349069171173 I called him and he guided me. I asked him for solutions and he started the remedies for my health. Thank God, now everything is fine, I'm cured by Dr.ezomo herbal medicine, I'm very thankful to Dr.ezomo and very happy with my hubby and family. email him on dr.ezomorootandherbals@gmail.com or you can also reach him through WhatsApp number+2349069171173 He can also cure so many sickness {1}HIV And AIDS {2}Diabetes {3}Epilepsy {4}Blood Cancer {5}HPV {7}ALS {8}Hepatitis

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    I was positive to the deadly virus called herpes and i lost hope because i was out casted and rejected even by my closet friends.
    i searched on-line to know and enquirer about cure for Herpes and i read someone testimony on how he was cured from Herpes so i decided to contact the same herbalist because i know that nature has the power to heal everything.
    i contacted him to know how he can help me and he told me never to worry that he will heal me with the natural herbs from God!
    after 2 days of contacting him, he told me that the cure has been ready and he sent it to me via DHL and it got to me after 3 days!
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  14. Hello, everyone! I,m here to explore blogs and forum about the wonderful and most safe cure for (Herpes Virus).
    I was positive to the deadly virus called herpes and i lost hope because i was out casted and rejected even by my closet friends.
    i searched on-line to know and enquirer about cure for Herpes and i read someone testimony on how he was cured from Herpes so i decided to contact the same herbalist because i know that nature has the power to heal everything.
    i contacted him to know how he can help me and he told me never to worry that he will heal me with the natural herbs from God!
    after 2 days of contacting him, he told me that the cure has been ready and he sent it to me via DHL and it got to me after 3 days!
    i used the med as he instructed me (MORNING and EVENING) and i was cured!
    its really like a dream but i am so happy!
    thats the reason i decided to also add more comment of Him so that more can be saved just like me!
    and if you need his help, you can email him on nativehealthclinic@gmail.com or whatsapp +2348140073965
    I,m neme amber and you can get intouch with me via nemeamber@gmail.com..

    ReplyDelete
  15. Hello, everyone! I,m here to explore blogs and forum about the wonderful and most safe cure for (Herpes Virus).
    I was positive to the deadly virus called herpes and i lost hope because i was out casted and rejected even by my closet friends.
    i searched on-line to know and enquirer about cure for Herpes and i read someone testimony on how he was cured from Herpes so i decided to contact the same herbalist because i know that nature has the power to heal everything.
    i contacted him to know how he can help me and he told me never to worry that he will heal me with the natural herbs from God!
    after 2 days of contacting him, he told me that the cure has been ready and he sent it to me via DHL and it got to me after 3 days!
    i used the med as he instructed me (MORNING and EVENING) and i was cured!
    its really like a dream but i am so happy!
    thats the reason i decided to also add more comment of Him so that more can be saved just like me!
    and if you need his help, you can email him on nativehealthclinic@gmail.com or whatsapp +2348140073965
    I,m neme amber and you can get intouch with me via nemeamber@gmail.com..

    ReplyDelete
  16. Hello, everyone! I,m here to explore blogs and forum about the wonderful and most safe cure for (Herpes Virus).
    I was positive to the deadly virus called herpes and i lost hope because i was out casted and rejected even by my closet friends.
    i searched on-line to know and enquirer about cure for Herpes and i read someone testimony on how he was cured from Herpes so i decided to contact the same herbalist because i know that nature has the power to heal everything.
    i contacted him to know how he can help me and he told me never to worry that he will heal me with the natural herbs from God!
    after 2 days of contacting him, he told me that the cure has been ready and he sent it to me via DHL and it got to me after 3 days!
    i used the med as he instructed me (MORNING and EVENING) and i was cured!
    its really like a dream but i am so happy!
    thats the reason i decided to also add more comment of Him so that more can be saved just like me!
    and if you need his help, you can email him on nativehealthclinic@gmail.com or whatsapp +2348140073965
    I,m neme amber and you can get intouch with me via nemeamber@gmail.com..

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  17. hello I?m from USA , I have been suffering from HERPES virus for the past 3 years and i had constant pain especially in my knees, During the first year I had faith in God that i will be healed someday, but this disease started circulate all over my body and i have been taking treatment from my doctor, few weeks ago i came in search on the internet if i could get any information concerning the prevention of this disease, on my search i saw a testimony of so many people who has been healed from Hepatitis B, HIV/AID, Diabetes,HSV, ALS HPV and Cancer by this Man called Dr, Akioya and he also gave the email address of this man and advice we should contact him for any sickness that he would be of help, so i wrote to Dr. Akioya telling him about my HERPES Virus he told me not to worry that i will be cured from this deadly disease i never believed it, well after all the procedures and remedy given to me by this man, few weeks later i started experiencing changes all over me as the Doctor assured me that i will be cured,after some time i went to my medical doctor to confirmed if i have be finally cured behold it was true,and now i?m cure totally with Dr.Akioya, So friends my advise is if you have such sickness or any other at all you can email Dr,Akioya on this email; drakioya17spellhome@gmail.com or add him up on what-app +2348105257464

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  19. Good evening to you all I want to write a shortly message to the world how doctor ehiaguna help with his great herbal medicine to cured me from this horrible virus HSV 1 and 2 I get his email from someone name Olivia mason how she was also cured by doctor ehiaguna I never believe there was cure until I meet her testimony, I contacted doctor ehiaguna I don’t believe there was cure well I am so happy to write this testimony to the world, this man immediately when I sent him email and this man response within 20 minus and give me the necessary process and the herbal was sent to within 4 day I took it according to the instruction so with 2 week I was completely cured and I get my test done I was confirm negative I am so happy if you want to get his contact you can message him with this email drehiaguna@gmail.com or you can also WhatsApp him +2348073908953 he can fix this.HIV.HEPATITIS.ANTHRAX.HPV.CANCER.ALSAND ALSO SOLVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEM

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