In the last decade, there has been an unprecedented and dramatic scale-up in treating HIV positive people with antiretroviral therapy in developing countries. Donor and national funding increased significantly during this period, notably through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria and the US Government's PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), and the pricing of AIDS medicines reduced sharply resulting from competition from brand and generics companies and advocacy from affected communities.
In 2011, UNAIDS launched Treatment 2.0, a new initiative to simplify dramatically all aspects of HIV treatment from drugs to diagnostics and health systems. Action is urgently needed – while the UN is now calling for 15 million people to be on treatment by 2015, there are only currently 6 million people on treatment. The challenge is to meet targets and reduce costs – otherwise there is a strong risk of both losing fragile funding support and overwhelming health systems. Data from studies like HPTN 052 pose further, strident opportunities – and challenges. The Access to Treatment field is entering a dynamic and exciting phase.
This webinar, hosted by Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation CEO Ben Plumley, will provide an overview on the commitments of a range of international and national partners as we enter this new world.
The webinar starts at 17.00 CET and lasts 1 hour.
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