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Published on: April 9, 2014
HIV: seek, test, treat, and retain
Jacques Normand1, Julio Montaner2, Chi-Tai Fang3
1AIDS Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abstract:
The "HIV: Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain" session was chaired by Dr. Jacques Normand, the Director of AIDS Research at the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Yi-Ming Chen served as the discussant. The three presenters (and their presentation topics) were: Dr. Julio Montaner (Treatment as Prevention-The Key to an AIDS-free Generation), Dr. Chi-Tai Fang (Population-level Effect of Free Access to HAART on Reducing HIV Transmission in Taiwan), and Dr. Zunyou Wu (Challenges in Promoting HIV Test & Treat Strategy in China).
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