Strategy for an AIDS-Free Generation
Post date: Dec 3, 2014 11:43:42 PM
Scientific advances have proven that existing HIV prevention tools can dramatically drive down the rate of new infections and virtually eliminate them in babies and children.
Progress has been particularly rapid in the last few years, due to recent scientific breakthroughs as well as accelerated targets set by President Obama
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who has championed the achievable goal of an AIDS-free generation. The Administration’s Blueprint
for creating an AIDS-free generation outlines specific steps that PEPFAR is taking to uphold America’s commitment to fight this deadly disease.
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s a principal implementing agency for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
, CDC is helping to implement PEPFAR’s “combination prevention” strategy, which consists of three key HIV prevention tools:
- Antiretroviral treatment of HIV-positive persons
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- Voluntary medical male circumcision
When used with HIV testing and counseling, condoms, and other evidence-based and appropriately targeted prevention activities, these proven tools put us on a plausible path for eliminating new HIV infections.