The U.S. government has said the goal of an AIDS-free generation is within reach.
“Meaning that virtually no child will be born with HIV infection; that adults living with HIV don’t progress to AIDS; that there is a rapid decline in HIV incidence; that combination prevention can turn the tide on the HIV epidemic just as combination antiretroviral treatment can turn the tide on infection in an individual,” he said.
Frieden said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has played a major role in fighting HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The CDC has worked closely with PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. He praises PEPFAR for getting more people on treatment at lower costs and helping strengthen healthcare systems. The goal is to get many more on antiretroviral treatment, eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, also known as vertical transmission, and get many more men circumcised to prevent HIV infection.
AIDS 2012
The 19th International AIDS Conference will be held in Washington, D.C., from July 22nd to the 27th. The conference hasn’t been held in the U.S. since 1990 because a travel ban had been in effect for those who were HIV positive. The Bush and Obama administrations worked to eventually lift that ban.
Frieden does expect some protests at AIDS 2012, possibly over budget cuts as nations struggle to
recover from the global recession. But he said activists have played a major role over three decades.
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