UN Plan to Halt HIV Needs More Money, Less Complacency

Ending the disease’s spread by 2030 faces “enormous” challenges.

The world committed to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 with goals adopted this year by the United Nations. But is that realistic, or even possible?

There are a lot of reasons for optimism on this World AIDS Day. The number of new infections has dropped 35 percent since 2000, according to the World Health Organization. HIV-linked deaths, which peaked in 2004, have dropped 40 percent since. And wider access to antiretroviral medicines is extending lives, suppressing the virus, and preventing its spread.

The UN agreement isn’t talking about eradicating the virus entirely in 15 years. Citing mathematical models that show what’s possible, the goal is to stop widespread transmission and eliminate it as a public health threat.

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“I don’t want to minimize the fact that doing it is going to be challenging,” says Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, who pioneered the idea of ”treatment as prevention.”
“There is now consensus that it can be done, it should be done, it must be done,” he says.

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Canada Post has provided notification of restarting their operations on December 17, 2024. As Canada Post ramps up and stabilizes their services, the BC-CfE will continue the following measures on an interim basis to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory will utilize private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy will utilize private courier for delivery of medications. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

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