Stephen Asiimwe, MD, Department of Epidemilogy & Biostatistics, University of San Francisco, California
In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the world's highest HIV prevalence, antiretroviral therapy (ART) has recently reduced AIDS-related deaths. However, death rates remain unacceptably high, as do the numbers of new HIV infections. HIV treatment is also largely siloed away from other healthcare services. As the people living with HIV (PLWH) start to survive into older age, adequately addressing emerging challenges, including but not limited to age-related diseases and disabilities, will require more integration for HIV- and non- HIV services. I will cover our work in South Africa regarding the effects of HIV and ART on age-related cognitive impairmant and disability, and work in Uganda on the effects of ART on AIDS-related death. I will also cover the sufficiency of ART in addressing these outcomes vis-a-vis the need for adjunctive interventions.