Prevention 101

Dr. Renee Ridzon

 Global AIDS Investments are
Working
• Rapid scale-up of HIV treatment is an unprecedented
achievement
− 5 million people are receiving treatment today
− a 12-fold increase in just 6 years
• We have begun to reverse long-term increases in HIV
infections
– proving that prevention efforts can have a major impact

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 The Challenge

Pace of new infections:

• New HIV infections outpace efforts to
provide treatment
• For every 2 people who gain access to
treatment, 5 people become newly
infected

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 The Challenge

• Fewer than 1 in 5 people at greatest

risk of infection have access to effective
prevention programs.
• New HIV infections could be reduced if
interventions reached those at greatest
risk infection

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 Prevention Works Today

• Education
• Condom distribution
• Prevention of mother to child HIV
transmission
• HIV testing

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 New prevention advances:

Male circumcision:
•Three randomized trials have shown that male circumcision
reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men by
approximately 60%
Treatment for prevention:
Clinical trial among serodiscordant couples in seven African
countries found that antiretroviral treatment reduced HIV
transmission up to 92%

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 Research for New Interventions

•Vaccine – RV144
•Microbicides
•PrEP

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Thank You

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