UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIV VIRAL LOAD SUPPRESSION

The evidence supporting U = U addresses the drivers of criminalization of HIV transmission by challenging the outdated norms that HIV infection is a death sentence and that HIV is easily transmitted to sexual partners.

HIV stigma and criminalization remain key barriers in many countries to reaching the targets in the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS and the Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026.