2012-07-23 NIH News - At AIDS 2012, Fauci delivers opening plenary on ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic

[Minuteman]

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2012/niaid-23.htm

Excerpt:

Other proven HIV prevention methods include voluntary medical male circumcision, which was shown in clinical trials in Kenya and Uganda to reduce a heterosexual man's risk of acquiring HIV by 50 to 60 percent — an effect that increases over time.

According to Dr. Fauci, HIV prevention interventions found efficacious in clinical trials have shown impressive effectiveness when scaled up and properly implemented in well-defined real-world settings.

Although significant scientific challenges remain in HIV research — notably, developing a vaccine and a cure — results from these real-world settings strongly indicate that global scale-up of existing and scientific evidence-based interventions could dramatically change the trajectory of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ultimately lead to the end of AIDS, Dr. Fauci said.