[health-vn] Fwd: Antiretroviral treatment as prevention (TASP) of HIV and TB: TASP programmatic update

[vern weitzel]

From: Phi Huynhdo <phihuynhdo at gmail.com>
Subject: Antiretroviral treatment as prevention (TASP) of HIV and TB: TASP programmatic update
Date: 20 June 2012 4:05:39 AM AEST
To: Vern Weitzel <vern.weitzel at gmail.com>

Hi Vern
Antiretroviral treatment as prevention (TASP) of HIV and TBProgrammatic
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Publication details

*Editors*: WHO
*Number of pages*: 22
*Publication date*: June 2012
*Languages*: English
*WHO reference number*: WHO/HIV/2012.12
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Overview

HIV causes an infectious disease that, with the right prevention
interventions delivered within a human rights framework, can be controlled
and possibly even eliminated. WHO, UNAIDS and the United Nations General
Assembly have called for 15 million people to be on ART by 2015. ART has
considerable benefit, both as treatment and in preventing HIV and TB.

It is certain that TasP needs to be considered as a key element of
combination HIV prevention and as a major part of the solution to ending
the HIV epidemic. In the short and medium term, while countries are
concentrating their efforts on scaling up treatment according to the
eligibility criteria recommended by WHO, it is expected that they will
concurrently identify opportunities to maximize the use of ART for
prevention purposes (TasP).

The focus will be on specific populations in whom the prevention impact is
expected to be greatest (e.g. serodiscordant couples, pregnant women, key
populations). During 2012, WHO is issuing updates and guidance for these
populations, and is working with countries to address programmatic and
operational challenges to inform the consolidated guidelines to be released
in mid-2013.


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