XIII World AIDS Conference

XIX ISRA World Conference

World AIDS Day Commemoration

This Editorial is to commemorate “World AIDS Day” by increasing the awareness of AIDS, its treatment and prevention strategies. Education is the single most crucial factor that can eradicate AIDS. On the World AIDS Day, let us commit ourselves to learning and educating the world the scourge of AIDS. What is World AIDS Day? (http://www.worldaidsday. org/about-world-aids-day.php) World AIDS Day i...

An Aids-free World

I drive two cars and usually wear a seatbelt. In my older car, I sometimes forget to buckle up. In the newer model, I never fail to perform this task—an alarm pesters me until the deed is done. Today, we have finally identified protective measures, including early testing and treatment and mother-child chemoprophylaxis, that could usher in an AIDS-free generation. But to truly arrest its spread...

Highlights of the International AIDS Society Conference.

Basic science The role of host genetics in HIV disease progression is increasingly well understood. In a plenary session Amalio Telenti (Institute of Medical Microbiology, Geneva, Switzerland) showed that 22% of population variance in viral load can be explained by common genetic variants, demographics, and population factors. The use of such data might help clinicians predict disease progressi...

World AIDS Day 2013: “Getting to Zero: Ending AIDS”

when UNAIDS put forward its vision of " Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths " , the end of AIDS only existed in an aspirational future. Now people are talking concretely about it. In a report released in July 2013 outlining the United Nations Secretary-General's vision for the next global development agenda, Ban Ki-moon called on all countries to 'realize the ...