The term “combination prevention” was coined by the HIV response, which for the first-time compiles in a ‘box’ the preventive tools that are presented in three groups: behavioral, biomedical, and reduction of structural barriers. These, applied in comprehensive packages, have the potential to significantly reduce the transmission and hence the number of new HIV infections, to
El término “prevención combinada” fue acuñado por la respuesta al VIH, que por primera vez recopila en una caja de herramientas preventivas que se presentan ordenadas en tres grupos: comportamentales, biomédicas y de reducción de barreras estructurales. Estas, aplicadas en paquetes integrales, tienen el potencial de reducir significativamente la transición y por ende el número
“Triple threat: Resurging epidemics, a broken health system, and global indifference to Venezuela’s crisis” Venezuela is in the middle of an unprecedented, statemade, complex humanitarian emergency with severe and widespread social consequences. Its AIDS program, once lauded as a model, has collapsed, with chronic drug shortages and the lack of condoms or diagnostic tests
The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) developed this brief to provide the HIV community with current information and analysis of new and updated clinical data on the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in preventing HIV transmission to sexual partners of people living with HIV. While the health benefits of treatment will always be
29 June 2017 — Geneva, Switzerland — ICASO’s Executive Director, Mary Ann Torres, representing the organization at the 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, made an intervention during the thematic segment, entitled “HIV Prevention 2020: A Global Partnership for Delivery.” Mary Ann’s remarks, which were made during the panel “What is required for
