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31 May 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 20:05 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By Jane Dreaper<\/span> Health correspondent, BBC News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More investment is needed to find a cure for HIV, the new head of the International Aids Society has said.<\/p>\n

Bertrand Audoin admits this might take as long as 25 years, but he says a cure is the only way to keep ahead of the HIV epidemic in the long term during tough financial times.<\/p>\n

Sunday sees the 30th anniversary of the first medical reports of a new illness.<\/p>\n

Some experts have warned that talk of a cure could lead to false hopes, and developing a vaccine would be better.<\/p>\n

Mr Audoin said: “It is the right moment – from the scientific and financial point of view – to invest more time and money in researching a cure.<\/p>\n

“There is already some basic science in this area. We know that some people who are on HIV treatment can contain the virus in a way which makes them unable to infect other people.<\/p>\n

“So we think further work could help us develop a functional cure, which would allow the virus to remain latent in the body, without people feeling sick or needing treatment. That’s the goal.”<\/p>\n

Fast epidemic<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Audoin ran a French Aids organisation called Sidaction, before heading the IAS – an organisation of 18,000 health professionals and activists.<\/p>\n

Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n

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The goal is to allow the virus to remain latent in the body, without people feeling sick or passing on infection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

End Quote<\/span> Bertrand Audoin<\/span> International AIDS Society<\/span><\/div>\n

He said: “At the moment, for every one person beginning treatment in badly affected countries in Africa, two people get infected with HIV in that time.<\/p>\n

“So treatment with anti-retroviral drugs isn’t the only solution in the long run.<\/p>\n

“It could take 25 years before we find a cure – and the hardest part will be convincing donor governments and other funding organisations to put money into research.<\/p>\n

“But if we don’t invest in the science, the epidemic will go faster than our work on it – and the financial situation will make it more difficult to put people on treatment.”<\/p>\n

False hopes<\/span><\/p>\n

The IAS has convened a working group of international researchers to develop a strategy that might lead to a cure. It is due to deliver a draft report at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The group is co-chaired by Professor Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering HIV.<\/p>\n

A virologist at University College London, Professor Robin Weiss, said: “Much as I would love to see one, the word ‘cure’ can lead to false hopes.<\/p>\n

“I don’t believe you can cure HIV infection, but you can keep the amount of virus down.<\/p>\n

“I would prefer to see a vaccine so we can stop people being infected in the first place. But we’re still years away from having one for HIV.”<\/p>\n

Next week, heads of governments will attend a high-level UN meeting on Aids in New York. Negotiations have already begun to look at the wording of a final declaration.<\/p>\n

Mr Audoin said: “Some of us are fighting for very simple words to be put in the declaration – for example, mentioning condoms – but we are not sure if that will happen.<\/p>\n

“There is a trend in some governments to think that we’ve done enough on HIV, or that everything has failed. We need to keep developing our programmes.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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