19/02/14

HIV treatment as prevention in Africa

Copyright: Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID

By: Meera Senthilingam

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<p>Ever since <a href="https://www.scidev.net/health/hivaids/">HIV</a> emerged, public health teams have been trying different techniques to control it, from condoms and male circumcision to patient empowerment. But now a team from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom are testing a radical new approach in Southern Africa — one that focuses on treatment rather than prevention. Meera Senthilingam sent this report.</p>

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Ever since HIV emerged, public health teams have been trying different techniques to control it, from condoms and male circumcision to patient empowerment. But now a team from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom are testing a radical new approach in Southern Africa — one that focuses on treatment rather than prevention. Meera Senthilingam sent this report.