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SEPTEMBER 18 NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AND AGING AWARENESS DAY

SEPTEMBER 18 NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AND AGING AWARENESS DAY

GROWING OLDER WITH HIV At the start of the epidemic more than 30 years ago, people who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS could expect to live only 1-2 years after that diagnosis. This meant that the issues of aging were not a major focus for people with HIV disease. But today, thanks to improvements in the effectiveness antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV who are diagnosed early in their infection, and who get and stay on ART can keep the virus suppressed and live as long as their HIV-negative peers. For this reason, a growing number of people living with HIV...

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September 18 IS NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AND AGING AWARENESS DAY...

The AIDS Institute launched this day in 2008 and is the lead. The 2013 theme for NHAAAD is Aging is a part of life: HIV doesn’t have to be. AGING: THE NEW CHALLENGE At the start of the epidemic, people who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS could expect to live only 1-2 years after that diagnosis. This meant that the issues of aging were not a major focus for people with HIV disease. But new medications and treatments have changed that. Life expectancy for people with HIV disease has increased dramatically—which means that they now have to face the challenges of...

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