UNAIDS 90 ‐90‐90 Campaign to End the AIDS Epidemic in Historic Perspective

ConclusionsThe distinctive array of socioeconomic, biologic, and epidemiologic factors that characterize STDs like syphilis also apply to AIDS and weaken the assumption that the AIDS epidemic can be ended by implementing today's UNAIDS plan. The discourse of ending the AIDS epidemic may be a carryover from the successful elimination, before the appearance of AIDS, of smallpox—a disease that is not comparable to AIDS owing to different biologic qualities, social concerns, epidemiologic behaviors, and the possession of an effective vaccine. Future AIDS control campaigns should therefore concentrate on maximizing ART distribution and not targeting the end of the epidemic.

Source: The Milbank Quarterly - June 6, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: POWEL KAZANJIAN Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research