Fwd: [RectalMicro IRMA] Lancet editorial - Treatment as prevention for HIV
Treatment as prevention for HIV The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 5, 2011, was the 30th anniversary of the first reports of five patients with an immune disorder in the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In the past three decades, HIV/AIDS has become a global pandemic that has defined an age and has affected almost every group of people irrespective of socioeconomic background, race, geography, or personal history, killing more than 33 million people worldwide. Leaps and bounds made in our understanding of HIV and its progression to AIDS and how the virus and syndrome spread and develop have led to great progress in the ability to manage the disease, reflected by a 20% fall in annual incidence in the past 10 years. Nonetheless, almost 2 million people continue to die each year from AIDS, disproportionately affecting sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, incidence continues to rise in specific risk groups such as me