[2] As a result of the study there was increased consensus that treatment as prevention should be included as a public health strategy in lowering HIV infection.
As reported by a 2011 publication in the New England Journal of Medicine, in the trial there were 1763 couples, where only one partner was infected with HIV.
[1] After the finding of such a drastic reduction in transmission the control arm was stopped prematurely in 2011 and all participants were offered ART.
As reported in a follow-up publication in the New England Journal of Medicine,[4] only 8 cases of HIV transmission were recorded from patients on ART and 4 of them happened in the first three months after treatment was started and before the virus was able to be suppressed.
[6] Now that this information is available, it has created debates about ethical obligations which communities might have when making decisions about providing HIV treatment.