Shifting the HIV Paradigm from Care to Cure: Proceedings from the Caribbean Expert Summit in Barbados, August 2017
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Shifting the HIV Paradigm from Care to Cure: Proceedings from the Caribbean Expert Summit in Barbados, August 2017
Abstract
The CCAS EXPERT SUMMIT convened an array of international experts in Barbados on August 27-31, 2017 under the theme "From Care to Cure-Shifting the HIV Paradigm." The Caribbean Cytometry & Analytical Society (CCAS) partnered with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to deliver a program that reviewed the advances in antiretroviral therapy and the public health benefits accruing from treatment as prevention. Particular emphasis was placed on reexamining stigma and discrimination through a critical appraisal of whether public health messaging and advocacy had kept pace with the advances in medicine. Persistent fear of HIV driving discriminatory behavior was widely reported in different regions and sectors, including the healthcare profession itself; continued fear of the disease was starkly misaligned with the successes of new medical treatments and progress toward the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. The summit therefore adopted the mantra "Test-Treat-Defeat" to help engage with the public in a spirit of optimism aimed at creating a more conducive environment for persons to be tested and treated and, thereby, help reduce HIV disease and stigma at the individual and community levels.
Keywords: HIV; cure; monitoring; prevention; stigma; treatment.
Conflict of interest statement
Dr. Landis as Chairman of The CCAS discloses having received funds from the following sponsoring companies to host the Caribbean Expert Summit “From Care to Cure: Shifting the HIV Paradigm”: Alere, BD Biosciences, Beckman Coulter, Hologic, Roche Diagnostics, Ryvex, and Sysmex. Dr. Bharat Parekh discloses that as an inventor of Rapid Recency Assay he receives a portion of royalties from the sale of Rapid Recency Assay, as per policy of U.S. Government.
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