Gilead has been, is, and will be here to fight alongside policymakers, nurses, clinicians and campaigners striving to stop the virus. And we stand beside every person living with HIV today, with the knowledge that we all have something to contribute.
Without relentless collaboration and partnership, we could not have come this far. With it we can move forward together, faster, ensuring we leave no one behind.
Together we can change more lives. Together we can stop the virus.
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As we mark the 40th anniversary since the first cases of AIDS were reported, it is time for reflection; over 75 million people were diagnosed HIV-positive and over 32 million people have died1 from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the global HIV epidemic.
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June 2021 marks 40 years since the first cases of HIV were reported. Since then, over 75 million people have been diagnosed with HIV, and over 32 million people have died from HIV-related illnesses1 .
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During the Sidaction 2021 conference1 (March 2021), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (winner of the French Nobel prize for Medicine, 2008), the leading scientist responsible for the co-discovery of HIV, expressed her concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 global health crisis on the HIV epidemic, saying “We could lose ten years of progress achieved in tackling HIV” 2.
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The HIV landscape has rapidly evolved over the course of the last 40 years. Today, HIV has largely become a manageable condition and people living with HIV can expect to live nearly as long as the general population1.
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At the height of the HIV pandemic in the mid-1990s, mental health was not a priority. As the virus spread and the death toll climbed, attention centred on understanding the disease and stopping its spread. Promoting preventative measures and the hunt for effective management of HIV infection absorbed the energy and resources of a community faced with a global crisis that had a personal impact on millions.
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Blood-borne viruses include HIV and viral hepatitis B and C viruses, all of which people may carry in their blood and spread by various routes. These viruses are a public health challenge across the world, including in Europe.
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Over the past thirty years, coordinated efforts of key stakeholders and treatment innovation have transformed HIV from a fatal condition into a manageable long-term condition1. Today people living with HIV can have a near-normal life expectancy.
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Over the past 12 months, Gilead Sciences has partnered with POLITICO Europe on a journalistic investigation into HIV called “Telescope: the new AIDS epidemic”.
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In an effort to fight the HIV epidemic globally, the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care IAPAC, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the City of Paris, joined forces in 2014 and endorsed the Paris Declaration.
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Gilead Sciences Germany is committed to supporting national efforts to contain and ultimately end the HIV epidemic once and for all. Together with partner organizations, Gilead intends to build on the progress achieved so far, to accelerate the fight against HIV, while at the same time supporting people with HIV to live well at every stage of life.
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