The good news first: HIV science has made remarkable progress. While we still lack a vaccine or cure, a single dose of a new long-acting injectable drug can now offer protection against HIV for up to six months.
This breakthrough could revolutionize efforts to curb a pandemic that still claims a life every minute. However, the rise of populism and regressive governance threatens to unravel many hard-won gains in HIV and public health.
Read the full op-ed at Health Policy Watch.
/by Beatriz Grinsztejn, President of the International AIDS Society and Birgit Poniatowski, Executive Director of the International AIDS Society/
Source : Health Policy Watch
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