Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV

From the Guttmacher Institute comes inormation about what it means to be a man, woman or young person living with HIV can be very different now than 25 years ago when AIDS was first identified, in large part because of the availability of antiretroviral treatment. For those with access to treatment services, a diagnosis of HIV infection is no longer an imminent death sentence; although still incurable, HIV now can be managed as a chronic disease. The number of people in low- and middle-income countries receiving treatment more than tripled between 2003 and 2005, from 400,000 to 1.3million. The global public health community has increased its focus on quality-of-life issues as well as length-of-life issues.