AIDS: How are we doing? The International AIDS...

AIDS: How are we doing?

The International AIDS Society (IAS) is meeting on July 29 in Washington D.C. and in preparation, UNAIDS has prepared a report outlining how far we’ve come in terms of therapy and treatment since AIDS first appeared in humans 1981.

The good news is: there is hope. As shown in the chart above, AIDS-related deaths have decreased since 2005 in response to the increased use of antiretroviral drugs, but there remains a long road ahead.

As reported by The Economist, recent research shows that these drugs can also stop the spread of the virus from person to person, and a big topic of discussion at the IAS meeting will be how best to deploy them to do just that.

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