New approach needed to stop HIV

Guaranteed public health funding is needed for the UK to reach a zero HIV infections target

World AIDS Day, held on 1 December each year, has marked its 30th anniversary. Over that time the world of HIV has changed in so many ways, yet we are still facing the challenge of eradicating the virus.

Someone living with HIV and accessing care and treatment today is looking at a normal life expectancy. In comparison with the start of the epidemic in the 1980s, when so many young men were dying of a virus that could not be treated, it sometimes feels as if we are talking about a different illness.

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