36.9 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2017. In the same year, 1.8 million people became infected and 940,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses. Despite the existence of antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV, the disease continues to exact a staggering cost on human life, so much so that combatting HIV and AIDS is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals for health.
Prof. Emmanuel Ho is an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy and his research aims to curb the transmission of HIV by examining new ways to use old medications. His project team recently received two million dollars in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to build on their existing findings.
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