CAREAction Newsletter

Current Issue: Test and Treat

As the HIV/AIDS epidemic moves into its fourth decade, a new comprehensive strategy may offer hope for improving the care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and preventing transmission of the disease. This promising model is called “test and treat,” and its premise is as follows: HIV/AIDS can be eliminated from society if all adults are tested regularly and all infected persons are put on antiretroviral therapy (ART)—regardless of CD4 level. The jury is still out on whether this strategy is wise, but clinical trial findings demonstrating that patients with HIV who are receiving treatment are significantly less likely to pass on the infection suggest that the time has come to give serious atten-tion to test and treat.1 This issue of HRSA CAREAction is therefore devoted to examining the rationale, feasibility, challenges, and potential promise of this approach..  View this issue. (PDF - 1 MB)

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