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  • Viral Diversity in Africa

    Julian Meldrum | 13 December 2001

    The diversity of HIV-1 and the other AIDS virus, HIV-2, were discussed by Professor Souleymane Mboup of Senegal in a plenary session at the 12th ICASA in Burkina Faso on ...

  • Antiretrovirals in Africa: When and How?

    Julian Meldrum | 11 December 2001

    The twelfth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso has heard strong calls for wider access to antiretroviral drugs and a plenary presentation setting out ...

  • Les Communautés s'Engagent - ICASA 2001

    Julian Meldrum | 10 December 2001

    The 12th International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa opened on Sunday evening in the very modern, air-conditioned and well-equipped Ouaga 2000 conference centre just outside Ouagadougou in Burkina ...

  • Bottle feeding cuts HIV risk for babies

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    A two year study of mothers and babies in Kenya has found that formula feeding of babies born to HIV-positive mothers reduces the risk of infant seroconversion by almost half ...

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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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