Statement by Dr. John Mellors who is chief of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh that about half of U.S. patients treated for infections with HIV have stopped responding to at least one drug is enough to give us a reason to rethink that how far our fight against HIV/AIDS is pertinent, especially if we keep in mind the fact that this incursion against deadly HIV/AIDS is on the move for more than 25 years.
More worst is the fact that the ghost of HIV/AIDS is still holding up its head like a dominant winner despite all our efforts to bridle it. According to an estimate, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS infects more than 1 million people in the United States and nearly 40 million worldwide. More deploring is the fact that just in year this deadly virus infects about 40,000 Americans.
To better understand that how HIV/AIDS is fast encroaching upon the whole world, have a look here:-
1. HIV/AIDS on the Rise in Asia
2. Sharp Rise of HIV/AIDS Cases in Shenzhen
3. Alarming Rise In HIV/AIDS Cases in Kazakhstan
4. Rise in HIV/AIDS cases in the southern United States
5. Rise of HIV/AIDS Victims in Middle East
6. Laos: HIV/AIDS Infection Rate on the Rise
7. HIV/AIDS Rates Rise Sharply in Canada
8. HIV/AIDS on the up all over the world
9. China Sees Fast Rise in HIV/AIDS
10. HIV/AIDS on rise for Canadian women
11. India sees big HIV/Aids rise
12. HIV/Aids spread on rise in Tanzania
13. HIV infection in UK increases to 63,500
However, now a ray of hope has also entered the arena, piercing the dark clouds of these gloomy facts mentioned above. Actually, data from clinical trials of several promising new products will be unveiled at a conference of leading HIV researchers in Los Angeles next week. These new products are next-generation versions of longstanding HIV fighters as well as drugs that combat the virus through innovative mechanisms, including blocking it from entering immune system cells. The advent of these new drugs should be looked upon as a good indication and these is none denying the fact that people are very enthusiastic about it as the following words of Dr. Anthony Fauci director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases exhibit:
There is a confluence of new drugs in the pipeline that people are pretty excited about.
It should be hoped that the introduction of these new drugs would help us revamping out fight against deadly HIV/AIDS and soon we shall be able to vanquish it.
Image credit: UN
Via: Alert Net
