Almost 40 years after HIV/AIDS was named, stigma still haunts people living with it, despite scientific progress toward treatments and cures.
, was appointed as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease director.
“In 1984, the virus was discovered, which set off a series of extraordinary research to determine the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV. But importantly, it allowed us to do the critical research to start developing effective drugs for HIV,” Fauci tellsH.
But Fauci, who has studied HIV/AIDS since the first cases emerged, finds hope in the treatments and advances over the last four decades that help patients to live longer lives. In 2003, he played an important role in developing the, marking a pivotal point in government funding towards the global epidemic and a program he is proud to have been part of.
“That program has now been shown to be responsible for saving literally 20 million lives worldwide,” Fauci says.
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