The Swiss network of people living with HIV, LHIVE, has published a manifesto, supporting the Swiss declaration on the non-infectiousness of people living with HIV. In January 2008 the Swiss Federal HIV/AIDS Committee (EKAF) published research in the journal “Schweizerische Ärztezeitung” , stating that “An HIV-infected individual without additional STD and on an anti-retroviral therapy (ART) with completely suppressed viremia (in the following: “effective ART”) is sexually non-infectious."

According to the Swiss researchers, a person living with HIV does not pass on HIV through sexual contact as long as:

• The HIV-positive individual complies with the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and the effects of this treatment are evaluated regularly by the treating physician;
• The viral load (VL) has been non-detectable since at least six months (i.e. viremia is suppressed);
• There are no additional sexually transmitted infections (STI) present.

The decision to publish the research has been controversial. Doctors, prevention workers, and people living with HIV are divided on whether it is wise to widely publish research as many are afraid it will be detrimental to existing prevention messages.

In their Manifesto, the Swiss network of people living with HIV, LHIVE, states that any discussions of the impact of the EKAF declaration on HIV prevention should be objective and evidence-based and that attempts to stop information or discussion for moral, political, or other non-factual reasons is unacceptable. Individual HIV prevention measures and the related transmission risks should be assessed strictly by equal scientific standards.