Two-digit drop in the number of contaminations, the fight against HIV is progressing

A first significant decrease after several years of settlement. On Thursday, the local coordination of fight against the virus (Corevih Paca-East) announced "encouraging" figures for the Alpes-Maritimes, the department most affected by the epidemic in Paca, region itself the most affected
after the Ile-de-France.

Between September 2017 and September 2018, nearly 60 new infected patients were treated in the Alpes-Maritimes. This represents a 40% decrease in the number of contaminations recorded compared to the same period of 2016-2017.

Pre-exposure treatment and undetectable viral load

"This drop especially affects men who have bad with other men," says Corevih. A result obtained thanks to the establishment, since 2016, of the Prep. "The badyzes show that approximately 40 infections have been avoided since [la] implementation of this pre-exposure treatment offered to those most at risk of HIV, the organization notes. According to CPAM 06 data, 473 people currently benefit from this device in the Alpes-Maritimes.

"Since 2015, more than 95% of people living with HIV, followed in the department, are treated and more than 95% of them have an undetectable viral load and therefore do not transmit the virus," says Corevih.

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This "encouraging" trend, which must be confirmed, should prompt mobilized local actors to continue the fight and transform the trial, "concludes the local coordination. On November 19, the city of Nice signed with the UN to join the "Fast track cities", a global network of cities committed to "ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030".