What will it take to end advanced HIV disease-related deaths?

“A key point when thinking about how to reduce AIDS-related mortality is to recognise that while scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is absolutely necessary for decreasing deaths, ART alone is not sufficient to achieve mortality reduction targets,” Dr Laura Broyles from the Global Health Impact Group told the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022) in Montreal, Canada, held on 29 July - 2 August 2022. The leading cause of mortality among people with advanced HIV disease are two treatable opportunistic infections: TB and cryptococcal meningitis.