At the 13th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2025) in Kigali, Rwanda, integration with the wider healthcare system was widely presented as a practical response to declining donor funding. But while policymakers and implementers explored different integration models, advocates warned that integration done poorly could risk undermining decades of progress in the HIV response. It was also clear there is no universal formula for integrating HIV services.
“Integration is not an all-encompassing solution to changing the HIV response. We have to stay critical about how we get services to different populations that need them,” said Caroline Bulstra, research fellow at Harvard Chan School of Public Health. “We don’t have to come up with one solution. We have to critically think about what works where.”
Health experts at the conference outlined three broad types of integration that countries can adopt, depending on their health system capacity, population needs, and financial realities, rather than adopting approaches that may not work in their specific context.
Read the full news story at aidsmap.
All aidsmap reports from IAS 2025 can be accessed here.
Source : aidsmap
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