From The Imperial College, London a team from Imperial College London reveals a model which predicts how different strategies for increasing access to ART might affect HIV infection rates.
"This model demonstrates that ongoing provision of prevention initiatives for stopping the spread of HIV is vital. Although ART may prove effective as part of an integrated treatment and prevention programme, including increased education and promotion of safe sex practices, it is unlikely to be effective alone.
"For a number of years, there has been significant debate about access to antiretroviral drugs, and how the high cost of these drugs has hindered many poorer countries attempts to combat HIV epidemics. While ART is undoubtedly effective at treating AIDS patients, particularly in richer countries, without public health interventions it will not prove effective in stopping the spread of HIV in poorer countries."
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