Optimism About Ending AIDS Misplaced, Some Experts Say

Everyone agrees it sounds like a wonderful goal: The U.N. AIDS agency aims to end the deadly epidemic by the year 2030. The agency’s “90-90-90” treatment plan, using 2020 as a target date, aims for 90 percent of people living with HIV to know their HIV status; 90 percent of HIV-positive people to receive treatment; and 90 percent of people on treatment to show suppressed viral loads. The plan, in theory, would prevent nearly 28 million new HIV infections and 21 million AIDS-related...

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