Huffington Post: Can Ukraine lead the fight against HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia?
Ukrainian people make a red ribbon sign with candles ahead of the World AIDS Day, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
There is understandably much cause for hope in the current talk around an AIDS-free generation and Ending AIDS. As last week's UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report pointed out, intensive scale-up of treatment, prevention and care has now resulted in dramatic reductions in AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections in most parts of the world, including in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific advances such as the demonstration that treatment may suppress transmission of HIV have also fueled this wave of optimism.
