NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2015
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Ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic as we know it will require using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat all infected people upon diagnosis, facilitating the implementation of an array of prevention tools including pre-exposure prophylaxis, and eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission. While recent scientific advances demonstrate these objectives are all possible, we must encourage universal HIV testing so that people know their status and are linked to care if infected and linked to a prevention program if at risk of infection...
Additional NIAAA Information and Resources
• Integrating HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Research [PDF]
Kendall J. Bryant, Steve Nelson, R. Scott Braithwaite and Deidra Roach
• HIV Risk and the Alcohol Environment: Advancing an Ecological Epidemiology for HIV/AIDS [PDF]
Richard Scribner, Katherine P. Theall, Neal Simonsen and William Robinson
• Social and Structural HIV Prevention in Alcohol-Serving Establishments: Review of International Interventions Across Populations [PDF]
Seth C. Kalichman
• Biomedical Approaches to HIV Prevention [PDF]
Kenneth H. Mayer, Margie Skeer and Matthew J. Mimiaga
• Alcohol’s Role in HIV Transmission and Disease Progression [PDF]
Ivona Pandrea, Kyle I. Happel, Angela M. Amedee, Gregory J. Bagby and Steve Nelson
• HIV/AIDS, Comorbidity, and Alcohol: Can We Make a Difference? [PDF]
Amy Justice, Lynn Sullivan and David Fiellin
• Interventions Targeting HIV-Infected Risky Drinkers: Drops in the Bottle [PDF]
Jeffrey H. Samet and Alexander Y. Walley
• Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Adherence to and Toxicity of Antiretroviral Therapy and Survival [PDF]
R. Scott Braithwaite and Kendall J. Bryant
Special Section: Modeling HIV and Alcohol’s Effects
• Focus on the Lung [PDF]
David Quintero and David M. Guidot
• Focus on the Liver: Alcohol Use, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, and Liver Disease in HIV-Infected Patients [PDF]
Shirish Barve, Rama Kapoor, Akshata Moghe, Julio A. Ramirez, John W. Eaton, Leila Gobejishvili, Swati Joshi-Barve and Craig J. McClain
• Focus on the Heart: Alcohol Consumption, HIV Infection, and Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]
Matthew S. Freiberg and Kevin L. Kraemer
• Focus on the Brain: HIV Infection and Alcoholism: Comorbidity Effects on Brain Structure and Function [PDF]
Margaret J. Rosenbloom, Edith V. Sullivan and Adolf Pfefferbaum