PUBLISHED : 14 Oct 2024 at 06:58
Nations from Africa and the Caribbean should support the evidence-based U=U message and incorporate U=U into efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV, says Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI) executive director, Nittaya Phanuphak.
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PUBLISHED : 14 Oct 2024 at 06:58
Nations from Africa and the Caribbean should support the evidence-based U=U message and incorporate U=U into efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV, says Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI) executive director, Nittaya Phanuphak.
The “knowledge” to which she refers is the concept of undetectable = untransmittable, or U=U for short.
Last year the World Health Organization endorsed the principle, stressing that when a patient’s viral load is undetectable, there is zero chance of sexual transmission.
Dr Nittaya was speaking to people from community organisations and governments dealing with HIV at a forum in Bangkok recently.
They were representatives from Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast,…