“This is really an economic disaster, a public health disaster, a moral disaster,” said Esteban Wood.
We know through #TreatmentasPrevention & #UequalsU that barrier-free access to treatment ensures the health of people living with #HIV, reduces HIV transmission & is cost-saving to public health.
8/13 The revelation: treatment also prevented transmission by reducing viral load.
"The more people we treated, the less infections there were. For every 1% increase in treatment coverage, you have a 1% decrease in new infections."
#TreatmentAsPrevention #ViralLoad
@bccfe.bsky.social hosted a national Summit warning about the rising incidence of HIV in Canada, the threat of US cuts to HIV programs, and the need for Canadian leadership to help prevent a resurgence in HIV/AIDS. buff.ly/6aAL0No #research #hiv #aids #treatmentasprevention
Continue to raise awareness to the life-changing and affirming message of #TreatmentasPrevention and #UequalsU. The wider this message spreads, the faster we can combat stigma & discrimination and empower people to get tested and connect to the care they need.
#WorldAIDSDay2024
With strategies like #TreatmentasPrevention and preventative medications like #PrEP available, it’s troubling that #HIV continues to find footholds, and speaks to our need to united and renew our efforts in addressing HIV/AIDS, particularly here in Canada.
#WorldAIDSDay2024
For those living with #HIV, there are simple, effective treatments that lower your viral load to undetectable levels, keeping you healthy & preventing you from passing HIV to your partner. This is known as #TreatmentasPrevention or #TasP & forms the scientific basis of #UequalsU.
#WorldAIDSDay2024
