HIV/AIDS: The future of HIV epidemics and funding
New modelling has offered governments and donors a glimpse into the future of HIV epidemics - and what it will cost to prevent and treat them. Researchers warn of hard choices ahead and a need for some countries to take more responsibility for their national programmes.
Published in the 9 October edition of The Lancet medical journal, the study predicts that by 2031 - about 50 years into the HIV epidemic - annual new HIV infections will be roughly halved to about 1.2 million. New treatment guidelines recently suggested by the World Health Organization will raise treatment costs by 43 percent.
