”la Caixa” Foundation supports our MesAprop project
17/07/2026
HIV infection remains one of the most important public health challenges facing society today. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), nearly 40 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV.
Despite major medical advances, HIV continues to pose significant challenges that require ongoing research and innovation. At the Foundation, we focus on addressing three key challenges:
Prevention and earlier diagnosis:
Many people are still diagnosed late, when their immune system has already been compromised. Early HIV detection is essential to improve health outcomes and reduce complications.
Living with HIV while ageing:
Thanks to current treatments, people living with HIV now enjoy longer life expectancy. However, this also brings new challenges, including frailty and age-related conditions. Healthcare approaches must evolve to ensure a good quality of life as people age.
Advancing towards a cure:
While current treatments effectively control the virus, there is still no cure for HIV. Research is essential to develop new therapeutic strategies and ultimately achieve this goal.
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Head of HIV Section – Doctor and Researcher
Head of HIV Section – Doctor and Researcher
Eugènia Negredo earned her medical degree and PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Sant Pau Hospital.
Since 1999, she has led the HIV Section at Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital (HGTiP) and coordinates a research group focused on HIV-related complications and associated chronic inflammation, with a special emphasis on aging.
She contributes to national and international clinical guidelines on comorbidities and aging (GESIDA, PNS, EACS), and since 2014 has been a professor and coordinator of the Medical degree at UVIC-UCC.
Since 2016, she has co-directed the international workshop “Comprehensive Management of Aging and HIV”, held annually in Barcelona and Buenos Aires.
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