By Marie Rosenthal, MS
SEATTLE—Universal testing and treatment decreased new HIV infections by 30% in southern African communities where the intervention was introduced, according to a presentation at CROI 2019.
In the HPTN071 (PopART) trial, community health workers conducted house-to-house voluntary testing for HIV, then referred those who tested positive for antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to Richard Hayes, DSc, FMedSci, a professor of epidemiology and international health