While the availability of anti-retroviral therapies (ART) has transformed HIV from a killer to a chronic condition, there are no grounds for complacency as such an attitude is most likely to undermine gains made in recent years in the fight against the epidemic, according to the National AIDS Committee (NAC).
In the meantime, the NAC contended that certain conclusions can be drawn from recent trends. The body pointed to “the need for legal and social action to de-criminalize outdated buggery laws and equally outdated religious attitudes to homosexuality; and operationalizing the need for more effective, evidence-based strategies to stop the feminization of HIV.
It added also the need for a resurgence of prevention strategies targeting young people, with an emphasis on relationships and respect as well as sexual
