Towards Multidisciplinary HIV-Cure Research: Integrating Social Science with Biomedical Research

• Autor(a) principal: Grossman, Cynthia I.
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Ross, Anna Laura, Auerbach, Judith D., Ananworanich, Jintanat, Dubé, Karine, Tucker, Joseph D., Noseda, Veronica, Possas, Cristina, Rausch, Dianne M., The International AIDS Society
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da FIOCRUZ (ARCA)
• Texto Completo: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32284
• topic: HIV cure; Cost-effectiveness; Ethics; Multidisciplinary; Public understanding of science

The quest for a cure for HIV remains a timely and key challenge for the HIV research community. Despite significant scientific advances, current HIV therapy regimens do not completely eliminate the negative impact of HIV on the immune system; and the economic impact of treating all people infected with HIV globally, for the duration of their lifetimes, presents significant challenges. This article discusses, from a multidisciplinary approach, critical social, behavioral, ethical, and economic issues permeating the HIV-cure research agenda. As part of a search for an HIV cure, both the perspective of patients/participants and clinical researchers should be taken into account. In addition, continued efforts should be made to involve and educate the broader community.