HIV cure

By Abbey Stanford
15 March 2024
1 minutes

Key points

Taking your HIV medicine will not cure HIV but it can bring your HIV down to very low (undetectable) levels.
There is no general cure for HIV but a lot of cure research is being done.
It is very difficult to develop an HIV cure because HIV is a very complicated condition.

An information sheet for teenagers about a cure for HIV. It includes answers to questions asked by young people living with HIV, such as: Does taking HIV medicine cure HIV? Is there a cure for HIV? How long will it be before there is a cure for HIV?

This information was put together by Chiva, in collaboration with aidsmap and supported by a ViiV Healthcare grant.

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Abbey Stanford

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Abbey is a freelance Health Editor who works on aidsmap's About HIV pages. She previously worked full time at aidsmap as an HIV Information Editor. She has also worked as a Specialist Health Editor for Bupa, creating and reviewing patient information, and at Flo Health, writing about menstrual health.