Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS: Our campaign strategy to end AIDS epidemic by 2030.

We have integrated "TasP" into our ‪#‎ENDHIV‬ campaign as a rationale to sensitize the young people and adolescents recently infected on the need to undertake treatment immediately after infection and the dangers of treatment interruptions. This will be accompanied with our campaign strategy to promote the encouragement of treatment continuity, adherence, retention in care and early diagnosis as a rationale to end AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Our rationale for "TasP" is because recent study by Swiss investigators have shown that majority (80%) of HIV transmission are connected to patients recently infected with the virus as viral load is higher at the first phase of transmission. Also,given the fact that high proportion of probable cases and those recently infected do not seek for early treatment because they are unaware of the risk of their current status. Hence the need to educate young people and adolescents about "TasP" as a tactical preventive strategy to end AIDS epidemic and meet SDG 3 by 2030.

We will launch this strategy on 1st December 2015 as part of our programme to mark World HIV day.
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Thank you.
Eloke Onyebuchi (@Elokeo)
Facilitator/Coordinator
Helen Clark Michel Sidibé @SaldanhaVP Onyibupet Consulting Limited: A health sector consulting) @LenniMontiel MTV Staying Alive @LuizLoures