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Universal Test and Treat strategy for HIV

A Universal Test and Treat strategy – whereby everyone is tested for HIV once a year and treated immediately with antiretroviral therapy (ART) if they are infected – could 'eliminate' the epidemic and reduce ART costs in the long term.

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Controlling Infectious Diseases
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Strategies for HIV control
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Universal Test and Treat strategy for HIV
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Balancing individual risk from earlier treatment with societal benefit
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Is the strategy achievable in practice?
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Everyone is tested for HIV once a year
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Scale up the use of Antireroviral Therapy
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Treat everyone infected with HIV with ART immediately
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Eliminate the current HIV epidemic
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Reduce long term ART costs
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Focus on high-risk individuals
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Appropriate mix of the partially effective treatments
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Education and awareness about disease
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Male Circumcision
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Safe-sex counseling and materials
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