RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIV NOW ACCESSING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT -- UN

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RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIV NOW ACCESSING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT -- UN
New York, Jun 30 2013 6:00PM
Nearly 10 million people living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral
treatment last year, says a new United Nations report, which notes
that even more people can be reached with smart planning.

Last year's figure represents the biggest increase from one year to
another as numbers of people accessing antiretroviral treatment rose
by 1.6 million from 2011 to 2012, according to the report, released
today by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

New guidelines from WHO, issued together with the report, give clear
recommendations that people living with HIV should start
antiretroviral therapy (ART) much earlier, and immediately in some
instances.

"These guidelines represent another leap ahead in a trend of
ever-higher goals and ever-greater achievements," said WHO
Director-General Margaret Chan.

"With nearly 10 million people now on antiretroviral therapy, we see
that such prospects -- unthinkable just a few years ago -- can now
fuel the momentum needed to push the HIV epidemic into irreversible
decline," Dr. Chan stated in a
<"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/new_hiv_recommendations_20130630/en/index.html">news
release.

The guidelines recommend, among other measures, providing ART to all
children with HIV under the age of 5, all pregnant and breastfeeding
women with HIV, and to all HIV-positive partners where one partner in
the relationship is uninfected.

"Advances like these allow children and pregnant women to access
treatment earlier and more safely, and move us closer to our goal of
an AIDS-free generation," said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.
"Now, we must accelerate our efforts, investing in innovations that
allow us to test new born babies faster and giving them the
appropriate treatment so that they enjoy the best possible start in
life."

Under the new guidance, some 26 million people will now be eligible
for antiretroviral therapy, an additional 9.2 million from the
previous 2010 guidance.

"It is our moral and scientific obligation to reach as many people as
we can with antiretroviral therapy," UNAIDS Executive Director Michel
Sidibé said in a separate
<"http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2013/june/20130630prtreatment/">news
release. "This is what we will continue to strive for and we believe
that we can significantly scale up access to treatment even within the
current financial envelope."

By making smart choices, UNAIDS estimates that treatment can be
further expanded within the existing resource needs of between $22-24
billion for 2015.

The agency estimates that cost savings could be achieved through three
main areas: a reduction in costs of medicines and medical supplies,
particularly as volumes increase; simplifying delivery systems; and
increasing efficiencies within the overall AIDS response.

In recent years, the price of medicines to prevent mother-to-child
transmission of HIV was reduced from $800 in 2011 to below $100 in
2013.

Through a more competitive bidding process, South Africa has reduced
the cost of procurement of antiretrovirals to the lowest price
anywhere in the world at $127 per person per year for the fixed dose
combination recommended in the new guidelines. This has resulted in a
53 per cent reduction in expenditure on antiretroviral treatment for
South Africa.

Additional savings are expected as methods of testing for HIV become
simpler and easier to administer (a fingerpick HIV test, for example,
can now give results in 30 minutes). Other efficiencies are being made
as more and more HIV services are being integrated into existing
structures such as antenatal clinics and tuberculosis facilities.

The challenge set by the new guidelines will encourage countries,
donors and partners in the AIDS response to strive for even greater
results. If the recommendations in the new guidelines are implemented
they would avert an estimated 13.5 million deaths and 19 million new
HIV infections by 2025.

Jun 30 2013 6:00PM
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