Preventing HIV transmission with antiretrovirals
Author(s) -
Kevin M. De Cock,
Siobhan Crowley,
YingRu Lo,
Reuben Granich,
Brian Williams
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.09.067330
Subject(s) - virology , transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , computer science , telecommunications
Three of the most extraordinary events in global health over the past 30 years have been the emergence of the pan-demic of HIV/AIDS, the development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) capable of arresting HIV progression and reduc-ing mortality, and scale-up of therapy in low- and middle-income countries. By the end of 2007, approximately 3 million people were accessing ART in resource-constrained settings,
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