AIDS Weekly
September 15, 2009
Within a couple of years, we may know if two crucial new HIV prevention approaches will work. If they do, what then? Who will pay for them, who will use them, and will their use have a positive or negative impact on the epidemic?
This was a debate carried on at the IAS conference advocacy coalition as they looked at the possibility of microbicides and pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP).
Microbicides are a long way from being a preventative approach to HIV infection, both because of scientific and behavioral concerns. Pre-exposure prophylaxis also has strong behavioral concerns even if it is accepted scientifically.
The only real way of prevention is to treat everyone with antiretroviral meds in a high incidence area.
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