However, we must not let up in our efforts. As long as there is no reliable cure and no preventive vaccine, prevention will remain the most successful tool in the fight against Aids. Much has been reconsidered and reorganised in the context of Aids. Aids has proved to be an example that demonstrates that prevention measures can only be successful if the structural conditions are also appropriate. Education, treatment and care structures must be sensibly organised and, above all, they must be stable.
Further efforts are also necessary in medical research.
The therapeutic successes achieved to date are encouraging, but there is still a need to continue the search for new diagnostic and therapeutic options. Federal organisations and institutions promoted by the Federal Government make an important contribution in this context. Above all, however, people who are infected with HIV and patients with Aids need our solidarity and support. This particularly applies to the social situation of many young people. The services of the Deutsche Aids-Stiftung and other foundations and donor organisations are indispensable and exemplary in this context.