Global 'blueprint' seeks AIDS-free generation

With a purpose of continuing the availability of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services and to bring evidence-based interventions to those in resource-limited settings, the global AIDS “blueprint” will support science with strategy, according to an HIV Medicine Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America press release.

“We are especially encouraged that the blueprint provides concrete numbers in affected countries to illustrate the work that must be done to reach a tipping point, when the numbers of people becoming infected with HIV are surpassed by the numbers receiving life-saving medicine,” said Kenneth Mayer, MD, co-chair of the Center for Global Health Policy’s Scientific Advisory Committee.

According to the release, the creation of the blueprint is a landmark moment in the 3 decades of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The plan will continue effective efforts currently in place and is expected to turn the path of the epidemic among children, men who have sex with men, sex workers and injection drug users.

“Achieving an AIDS-free generation is within our grasp,” said Michael Horberg, MD, chair of the HIV Medicine Association. “While we celebrate this plan and what it can accomplish, we now look to Congress to ensure that it is executed, with critical funding for the work ahead and for continued research to carry the fight forward.”