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Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings: Guidelines for a Public Health Approach. WHO (2002)

Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings: Guidelines for a Public Health Approach. WHO (2002)Less than a decade ago, someone living with HIV/AIDS had little hope.HIV infection brought a steady inexorable decline towards the complete destruction of the immune system and death. The introduction of ARVs in 1996 was a turning point for hundreds of thousands of people with access to sophisticated health care systems. Although they cannot cure HIV/AIDS, antiretrovirals (ARVs) have dramatically reduced mortality and morbidity, prolonged lives, and improved the quality of life of many people living with HIV/AIDS.

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