Open AccessMassive Benefits of Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa
Author(s) -
Sten H. Vermund
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit586
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , economic growth , population , developing country , socioeconomics , medicine , global health , public health , geography , environmental health , political science , family medicine , viral load , sociology , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , economics
Government of South Africa has been an enthusiastic partner—with its people and with the global community—making up for lost time in the effort to address the epidemic and cooperate with its neighbors in southern Africa [7–9]. No nation has a higher number of infected persons than South Africa, and the southern African nations have the highest prevalence of HIV infection in the world, ranging to over half of the adult population in certain venues and age groups [10]. The Government of South Africa, with support from PEPFAR and the Global Fund, has supported the Herculean efforts of health workers, activists, and patients to reverse the immense levels of HIV-related morbidity and mortality that filled its cemeteries and devastated
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom