Video highlights new evidence to support treating HIV early
ACON last week聽released a short video to highlight new evidence in the fight to end HIV by 2020.
As part of the ENDING HIV platform, the [TREAT EARLY] campaign was developed with clinicians, researchers and community representatives and follows the emergence of more evidence during the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in Seattle, US.
The campaign video promotes the individual health benefits of HIV medications, but also highlights that treatment can reduce a HIV positive guy鈥檚 viral load to an undetectable level, almost eliminating HIV transmission risk.
The video is also aimed聽to speak to the evidence and let the聽community of gay and other men who have sex with men know about new results showing that HIV transmission risk through treatment can virtually be eliminated.
ACON鈥檚 HIV and sexual health director Karen Price said the new evidence was a “game-changer”.
鈥淏ecause along with testing more, sustained use of condoms in the majority of sexual encounters, and the exciting new possibilities offered by pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), we absolutely can realise the vision of ending HIV,” she said.
Watch the video:
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