TY - JOUR
T1 - The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - Thinking ahead on programmatic tasks and related operational research
AU - Zachariah, Rony
AU - Van Damme, Wim
AU - Arendt, Vic
AU - Schmit, Jean Claude
AU - Harries, Anthony D.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Until now, we have all been desperately trying to run behind the HIV/AIDS epidemic and catch up with it, but despite all our efforts, the epidemic remains well ahead of us. In 2010, the antiretroviral treatment (ART) gap was about 60%, AIDS-related deaths were almost two million a year, and on top of these figures, for every one person started on ART, there were two new HIV infections. What is needed to change this situation is to think ahead of the epidemic in terms of the programmatic tasks we will be faced with and try to act boldly in trying to implement those tasks. From a programmatic perspective, we: a) highlight what needs to fundamentally change in our thinking and overall approach to the epidemic; and b) outline a number of key task areas for implementation and related operational reséarch.
AB - Until now, we have all been desperately trying to run behind the HIV/AIDS epidemic and catch up with it, but despite all our efforts, the epidemic remains well ahead of us. In 2010, the antiretroviral treatment (ART) gap was about 60%, AIDS-related deaths were almost two million a year, and on top of these figures, for every one person started on ART, there were two new HIV infections. What is needed to change this situation is to think ahead of the epidemic in terms of the programmatic tasks we will be faced with and try to act boldly in trying to implement those tasks. From a programmatic perspective, we: a) highlight what needs to fundamentally change in our thinking and overall approach to the epidemic; and b) outline a number of key task areas for implementation and related operational reséarch.
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U2 - 10.1186/1758-2652-14-S1-S7
DO - 10.1186/1758-2652-14-S1-S7
M3 - Article
C2 - 21967983
AN - SCOPUS:79960099288
SN - 1758-2652
VL - 14
JO - Journal of the International AIDS Society
JF - Journal of the International AIDS Society
IS - SUPPL. 1
M1 - S7
ER -