Progress made at Montreal AIDS conference despite visa problems, organizer says

From the Canadian Press

August 2, 2022 | 2:16 p.m

MONTREAL — The local organizer of an international AIDS conference in Montreal says the event helped highlight the huge advances made in HIV research and treatment technology.

Dr Jean-Pierre Routy, local chair of the conference, says the biggest breakthrough presented is research showing that a single injection of a long-acting antiretroviral drug can prevent people from contracting HIV for two months. replacing daily pills.

Despite visa issues that prevented hundreds of delegates from attending, Ruti says people from 172 countries attended the event, which ends today.

But Tinashe Rufurwadzo, director of programs, governance and governance at Y+ Global, an international organization of HIV-positive youth, says the AIDS 2022 conference was bittersweet.