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From:	Adeyemo Gabriel [ profile ]
Subject:	Antiretroviral drugs dramatically reduce risk of passing HIV tohealthy partners
Sent:	May 16th, 2011 - 07:52:44

	Source:* Center for Advancing Health* AUTHOR: Glenda Fauntleroy http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=22391 Fellow GYCAers, When one partner in a couple is infected with HIV and the other is not, treatment with antiretroviral drugs can dramatically lower the chances of the infected partner passing along the disease to his or her mate, a new evidence review finds. Patients with HIV receive a combination of drugs is given as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to stop progression of the disease. The new review discovered that when patients with HIV are on ART, their partners had more than a five-fold lower risk of getting the virus than in couples without treatment. "We weren't particularly surprised having followed this literature for awhile," said reviewer George Rutherford of Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. "The magnitude of the effect was somewhat surprising, though." The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates research in all aspects of health care. Systematic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing trials on a topic. Reference: Anglemyer A, et al. Antiretroviral therapy for prevention of HIV transmission in HIV-discordant couples. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 5. -- Many Thanks Yours' in Prevention Science Adeyemo Damilare Gabriel Regional Focal Point - West Africa Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AID (GYCA) +234-80-6798-7317 \| gabriel (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org \| www.tigweb.org GYCA is a youth-led global network of more than 5,000 young leaders and adult allies working on youth and HIV/AIDS in 150 countries world-wide. GYCA's mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV/AIDS interventions amongst their peers. Universal Access is possible; * Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.*

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