The latest on HIV prevention: five ways to curb spread of virus outlined by scientists at Paris conference
With HIV prevention ‘absolutely critical’ given there is still no cure, researchers from around the world present their findings on the benefits of circumcision, having less sex, antiretroviral therapy and more

A far cry from the 1990s “ABC” campaign promoting abstinence and monogamy as HIV protection, scientists reported this week on new approaches allowing people to have all the safe sex they want.
Moving away from the message to “Abstain, Be faithful, use Condoms”, modern prevention strategies include drug-doused vaginal rings, male circumcision, and taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication, experts said at a conference on HIV science in Paris.
Thirty-five years of research has yet to yield a cure or vaccine for the virus, which has infected more than 76 million people since the early 1980s, and killed 35 million.
This means that prevention remains “absolutely critical”, according to Anthony Fauci, director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), who attended the International Aids Society conference.
There are 19.5 million people on ART today, with another 17.1 million who need it.
