Current HIV Prevention Policies Are Jeopardizing the “End of AIDS” Project: Realities Counteract Liberal Visions

Abstract

Here I discuss a series of in adequate decisions made by governments of, e.g., the European Union when designing strategies aimed at preventing the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although there have been minor successes in curbing the spread of HIV, here I focus on the multiple failings that have indirectly fostered the spread of HIV. I propose that a novel, programmatic set of strategies are needed to prevent the spread of HIV, which will be necessary to meet aims of the End of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) project. I also discuss barriers to the End of AIDS project, including financial burdens and noncompliance, in particular of the "at-risk" termed population in resource rich countries, with current prevention strategies. The aim is (i) to foster supporting for the UNAIDS project by customized prevention concepts; and (ii) to raise awareness for the challenges yet to come, should the UNAIDS project fail.

Missed opportunities of poor implementation of prevention with positives among HIV-positive women on treatment in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

“…This can lead to the emergence of resistant strains of HIV and further increase the incidence of HIV, thereby counteracting the global and national 90-90-90 target of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. 24 Despite the recommendation by the WHO that HIV screening should be done at enrolment, 25 only 38.9%% of participants in this study have had sexually transmitted infections (STI) screening and treatment. HIV-positive patients with STI co-infection are at risk of increased morbidity and mortality and can also lead to a rise in the incidence of HIV infection.…”