Shifting the HIV Paradigm from Care to Cure: Proceedings from the Caribbean Expert Summit in Barbados, August 2017

R. Clive Landis, E. Akinola Abayomi, Brendan C. Bain, Edward Greene, George Janossy, Patrice Joseph, Deanna Kerrigan, J. Philip McCoy, Cesar Nunez, Maurice O'Gorman, Alexander Pastoors, Bharat S. Parekh, Kim R. Quimby, Thomas C. Quinn, Kevin R. Robertson, Réjean Thomas, Eric Van Gorp, Sten H. Vermund, Valerie Wilson

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)561-569
Number of pages9
JournalAIDS research and human retroviruses
Volume34
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2018

Keywords

  • HIV
  • cure
  • monitoring
  • prevention
  • stigma
  • treatment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Virology
  • Immunology

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