Conversations That Matter: HIV/AIDS is still a pandemic

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Dr. Julio Montaner discusses HIV/AIDS, where we are at in treatment, where we need to go and what roadblocks still need to be removed

Since then, he has pioneered the concept of treatment as prevention, rather than only targeting people who were already sick.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

So effective have been Montaner’s efforts that the concept of treatment as prevention has been implemented with great success in B.C. and around the world. In 2013, it was fully incorporated into World Health Organization guidelines. Montaner joined a Conversation That Matter about HIV/AIDS, where we are at in treatment, where we need to go and what roadblocks still need to be removed.

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