Ten Million Deaths And 1 Million New HIV Infections Could Be Averted If Countries Meet HIV Treatment Targets

Published July 15, 2010

Ten Million Deaths And 1 Million New HIV Infections Could Be Averted If Countries Meet HIV Treatment Targets
The new UNAIDS Outlook report outlines a radically simplified HIV treatment platform called Treatment 2.0 that could decrease the number of AIDS-related deaths drastically and could also greatly reduce the number of new HIV infections. Evidence shows that new HIV infections among young people, in the 15 countries most affected by HIV, are dropping significantly as young people embrace safer …
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