UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020 are not realistic: comment on "Can the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target be achieved? A systematic analysis of national HIV treatment cascades"

Affiliations

¹ Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³ Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Luchuo Engelbert Bain et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2017.

. 2017 Mar 7;2(2):e000227.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000227. eCollection 2017.

¹ Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³ Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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