In the early 2000s, the arrival of ARVs in Africa has raised many hopes while revealing other problems, such as lack of qualified staff to care for patients. Professor Serge Eholié pioneer support in Côte d'Ivoire, will present the evolution of the management of the disease by doctors and lessons of the past decade.

Serge EHOLIE : 10 years of ARVs in Africa

Tomorrow, what are the challenges in the fight against AIDS in Africa? Two months international ICASA conference in Cape Town (South Africa) on the fight against communicable diseases in Africa, the stakes are still strong: the cost of care, access to generic drugs, taking pediatric care, and multiplication of hepatitis. Despite still striking differences between the South and the North, there are more similarities.

Robert MURPHY : New challenges, new responses for the next 10 years

Louis PIZARRO : 10 years of Solthis in Africa

Eric ADEHOSSI : Dealing with co-infections of HIV and viral hepatitis

Mariam Sylla : Children and HIV: a neglected population

The fight against AIDS has paved the way for a profound reflection on the organization and financing of health policies. It also showed the limits of an exclusively focused on a single disease reasoning. If, indeed, the actors in the fight against AIDS recognize the verticality of their action, they are aware of the limitations of this approach, and integration within the framework of a comprehensive health policy needs. Several initiatives on strengthening the systems are in progress. But how do we reconcile the two?

HIV Solthis