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Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:Lifelong Antiretroviral Therapy Unsustainable, Experts Say
One-Time HIV Treatments Must Replace ART
Robert Lowes - Medscape - May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011 -- Although more individuals with HIV need to receive life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART), researchers must also find HIV cures and vaccines to eliminate the need for this lifelong and challenging treatment, according to an article published online May 31 in the Annals of Internal Medicine by 2 leaders of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Carl Dieffenbach, PhD, director of the NIAID Division of AIDS, and NIAID director Anthony Fauci, MD, write that lifelong, daily-dosage ART is not a sustainable strategy in a world where 2.5 million people become infected with HIV each year.
To help them stick to their drug regimen, patients receiving ART require a healthcare system capable of delivering long-term care similar to the model used in the United States to manage diabetic patients.
In an obvious nod to developing nations ravaged by AIDS, the authors write that the need for long-term care creates a formidable challenge for "resource-limited settings and for patients who lack adequate health care coverage." They note that ART is given to only 1 in 3 HIV-infected individuals in the world who need it.
Cure Possibilities
One solution, write Drs. Dieffenbach and Fauci, is devising a 1-time cure for HIV, which could fall into 2 different categories. Researchers could find a true "sterilizing" cure that completely eradicates the virus from the body or a "functional" cure that permanently suppresses the virus to a harmless level.
In the case of a sterilizing cure, researchers must solve the problem of cells remaining latently infected even though ART has reduced blood levels of HIV to near zero. When ART ends, these latently infected cells cause the infection to recur.
Investigators are experimenting with ways to flush out the virus from "this persistent reservoir" so it can be treated with ART. Key to the success of this strategy is the development of a simpler, more accurate way of measuring the latent HIV reservoir.
Despite its treatment limitations, ART nevertheless promises to play an important role in preventing HIV infection through preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and treatment-as-prevention, according to Drs. Dieffenbach and Fauci. They point to the CAPRISA 004 trial, in which a vaginal gel containing tenofovir lowered the risk for HIV infection in sexually active women by 39%.
Likewise, the iPrEx study showed that a daily regimen of emtricitabine, 200 mg, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, 300 mg (Truvada, Gilead Sciences), was 44% effective in preventing infection in men who have sex with men and in transgendered women. The risk for infection decreased by 73% in those who took their pills on 90% or more of the days in the study.
Cautious Optimism
An example of treatment-as-prevention, not discussed in the article, is a recent trial showing that ART given to a group of HIV-infected individuals -- most of whom were heterosexual -- with relatively healthy immune systems was 96% effective in preventing infection in their partners.
The "ideal cornerstone" of a prevention strategy, the authors write, would be a safe and effective vaccine. The quest for such a vaccine has met with repeated failures, although several recent advances have led to "a degree of cautious optimism." For example, researchers have found that sexual transmission of HIV often appears to begin with a single "founder virus" that differs from the various strains that develop over time in an infected person.
This insight may create new targets for vaccines. In addition, a 2009 vaccine trial in Thailand reported 31% efficacy in preventing HIV infection -- a modest success that future trials can build on.
A vaccine that guards against all forms of sexual transmission -- including blood-borne transmission -- would work in tandem with a growing number of other evidence-based prevention strategies ranging from PrEP to adult male circumcision, according to Drs. Dieffenbach and Fauci.
"Researchers are unlikely to achieve transformative successes in HIV with a unidimensional approach," they write. "Instead, this will require various versions of combination prevention strategies, depending on the target population."
The authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Ann Intern Med. Published online May 31, 2011.
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Obama again declares June 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month'
05/31/2011 - Daily Caller - By Paul Conner
President Barack Obama has proclaimed June 2011 "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month."
Painting the LGBT experience as the "story about the struggle to realize that all people can live with dignity and fairness under the law," Obama highlighted the steps his administration has taken for gay rights, including passing the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" legislation and giving the LGBT community more access to federal housing programs.
Obama made the same proclamation in June 2010, picking up where President Bill Clinton left off in 2000, when he marked the month "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month."
President George W. Bush angered many gay rights activists by saying no to the June celebration, and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department barred a group of employees from celebrating the month.
June was chosen in honor the 1969 Greenwich Village riots at the Stonewall Inn where gay rights advocates clashed with New York City police over alleged discrimination.
Obama noted his administration's efforts to prevent bullying, especially of gay people, and to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS virus within LGBT circles.
The gay community does not, however, have the month to themselves. Obama also proclaimed June "National Caribbean-American Heritage Month," "African-American Music Appreciation Month" and "Great Outdoors Month."
Read the full release below:The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and
sons, our mothers and daughters, and our friends and neighbors
who continue the task of making our country a more perfect Union.
It is a story about the struggle to realize the great American
promise that all people can live with dignity and fairness under
the law. Each June, we commemorate the courageous individuals
who have fought to achieve this promise for LGBT Americans, and
we rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of equal rights for all,
regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Since taking office, my Administration has made significant
progress towards achieving equality for LGBT Americans. Last
December, I was proud to sign the repeal of the discriminatory
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. With this repeal, gay and lesbian
Americans will be able to serve openly in our Armed Forces for the
first time in our Nation's history. Our national security will be
strengthened and the heroic contributions these Americans make to
our military, and have made throughout our history, will be fully
recognized.
My Administration has also taken steps to eliminate
discrimination against LGBT Americans in Federal housing programs
and to give LGBT Americans the right to visit their loved ones
in the hospital. We have made clear through executive branch
nondiscrimination policies that discrimination on the basis of
gender identity in the Federal workplace will not be tolerated.
I have continued to nominate and appoint highly qualified,
openly LGBT individuals to executive branch and judicial
positions. Because we recognize that LGBT rights are human
rights, my Administration stands with advocates of equality around
the world in leading the fight against pernicious laws targeting
LGBT persons and malicious attempts to exclude LGBT organizations
from full participation in the international system. We led a
global campaign to ensure "sexual orientation" was included in
the United Nations resolution on extrajudicial execution -- the
only United Nations resolution that specifically mentions LGBT
people -- to send the unequivocal message that no matter where
it occurs, state-sanctioned killing of gays and lesbians is
indefensible. No one should be harmed because of who they are or
who they love, and my Administration has mobilized unprecedented
public commitments from countries around the world to join in the
fight against hate and homophobia.
At home, we are working to address and eliminate
violence against LGBT individuals through our enforcement
and implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We are also working to reduce the
threat of bullying against young people, including LGBT youth.
My Administration is actively engaged with educators and community
leaders across America to reduce violence and discrimination in
schools. To help dispel the myth that bullying is a harmless or
inevitable part of growing up, the First Lady and I hosted the
first White House Conference on Bullying Prevention in March.
Many senior Administration officials have also joined me in
reaching out to LGBT youth who have been bullied by recording
"It Gets Better" video messages to assure them they are not alone.
This month also marks the 30th anniversary of the emergence
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has had a profound impact on the
LGBT community. Though we have made strides in combating this
devastating disease, more work remains to be done, and I am
committed to expanding access to HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
Last year, I announced the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS
Strategy for the United States. This strategy focuses on
combinations of evidence-based approaches to decrease new
HIV infections in high risk communities, improve care for
people living with HIV/AIDS, and reduce health disparities.
My Administration also increased domestic HIV/AIDS funding to
support the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HIV prevention, and
to invest in HIV/AIDS-related research. However, government
cannot take on this disease alone. This landmark anniversary
is an opportunity for the LGBT community and allies to recommit to
raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and continuing the fight against
this deadly pandemic.
Every generation of Americans has brought our Nation closer
to fulfilling its promise of equality. While progress has taken
time, our achievements in advancing the rights of LGBT Americans
remind us that history is on our side, and that the American
people will never stop striving toward liberty and justice for
all.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby
proclaim June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to
eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the
great diversity of the American people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
BARACK OBAMA
Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
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