WHO eyes 鈥榯reat all鈥 approach for HIV
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Everyone with HIV should be given antiretroviral drugs as soon as possible after diagnosis, meaning 37 million people worldwide should be on treatment, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
Recent clinical trials have confirmed that early drug use extends the lives of those with the AIDS-causing virus and cuts the risk of disease transmission to partners, the WHO said in a statement setting out the new goal for its 194 member states.
Under previous WHO guidelines, which limited treatment to those whose immune cell counts had fallen below a certain threshold, 28 million people were deemed eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART).
All people at 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 risk of contracting HIV should also be given preventive ART, the WHO said.
The new guidelines are a central plank of the United Nations agency鈥檚 aim to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
鈥淓verybody living with HIV has the right to life-saving treatment,鈥 said Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS.
鈥淎ccording to UNAIDS estimates, expanding ART to all people living with HIV and expanding prevention choices can help avert 21 million AIDS-related deaths and 28 million new infections by 2030.鈥
The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) welcomed the WHO鈥檚 鈥渢reat-all鈥 plan, which it believes will prevent many HIV-positive people in poorer countries from falling through the treatment net.
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