AIDS: Taking a Long-Term View

Executive summary: A new approach for meeting the challenges of AIDS

The world is at a crossroads in the still-unfolding history of AIDS. In 30 years, an immense amount has been accomplished: scientific breakthroughs, unprecedented global funding, and a new model for human rights and public health policy. Most important, millions of lives have been saved. Despite these achievements, we are losing ground in the struggle: The response to the pandemic remains well behind the curve. Every day more than 7,000 individuals become newly infected with HIV—more than twice as many as the number of people who start on antiretroviral therapy each day. Although the continuing growth of the pandemic is sobering, we have the ability to bring it under control—with ...