title: New approaches to HIV prevention.
abstract: Just as the 1996 International AIDS Conference in Vancouver ushered in the era of effective combination antiretroviral therapy and the 2000 meeting in Durban focused on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world, the 2006 conference (held August 13-18 in Toronto) may be remembered as the one that brought HIV prevention to the fore. Political considerations aside, it has become abundantly clear that efforts to promote behavioral change--the so-called "ABC" approach, relying on abstinence, marital fidelity ("be faithful"), and condoms--has failed to stem the tide of new HIV infections. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), some four million people worldwide were newly infected in 2005. Even as antiretroviral therapy begins to trickle down to people in resource-limited countries, public health experts estimate that about four people become infected with HIV for each person who starts treatment.
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Highleyman
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D014480:United Nations
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents