Stephen Lewis on "The End of AIDS: Reality or Hyperbole?"

published on October 8, 2014

The world of infectious diseases is filled with the cries of "The End of AIDS" or an "AIDS-Free Generation". Stephen Lewis will explore the implications of these phrases. Are we really that close to the end of the pandemic? If so, how will it be achieved? What is happening on the ground? Have the enthusiastic exhortations lulled the donor community into a false sense of expectation? Is that why the world failed so abjectly in the most recent Global Fund replenishment? Could it be that UNAIDS and the Global Fund and PEPFAR have embraced a cheerleading mentality rather than a more serious assessment of realities? Or are the dissenters profoundly off-base?

Will the significant progress that's been made really bring an end to the virus? In the midst of all of this where stands "Treatment as Prevention"? And what of the high-risk groups like men who have sex with men, now excoriated in a caldron of homophobia? How does one reach the "End of AIDS" without reaching these high-risk groups? And what of a vaccine? A microbicide? A cure? And above all, how does the appalling neglect of women throughout the pandemic square with an AIDS-Free Generation?

Kate Shannon's Introduction to Stephen Lewis "The End of AIDS: Reality or Hyperbole?"

Stephen Lewis on "The End of AIDS: Reality or Hyperbole?"

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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.