Treatment as Prevention¨

On World AIDS Day, the Evidence for Prevention With Anti-Retroviral Therapy Is Powerful

Thirty years ago, fear of AIDS was at its height. The year 1985 brought the first commercial blood test to detect HIV, the military began testing recruits for the virus, and the first international AIDS conference convened in Atlanta. The actor Rock Hudson shocked the world when he announced he had the disease and died […]

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One in five HIV-positive Canadians don’t know they’re HIV-positive

About 16,000 Canadians are living with HIV and don’t know it, according to statistics from Canada’s Public Health Agency (PHAC). That figure has prompted health experts to call for increased testing and more proactive treatment to reach people who haven’t been diagnosed and prevent them from spreading the illness to others. Dec. 1 marks World

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One in five HIV-positive Canadians don’t know they’re HIV-positive

About 16,000 Canadians are living with HIV and don’t know it, according to statistics from Canada’s Public Health Agency (PHAC). That figure has prompted health experts to call for increased testing and more proactive treatment to reach people who haven’t been diagnosed and prevent them from spreading the illness to others. Dec. 1 marks World

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Quarter of people with HIV don’t realise they have the disease

This reality is in sharp contrast to what scientific evidence has strongly supported for some years: Immediate access to HIV treatment significantly improves the health of people living with the virus, and works as one of the most effective tools to prevent HIV transmission. The latest UNAIDS report also estimates that new HIV infections have

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