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Title: | Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)–plus: next steps to enhance HAART in resource-limited areas? |
Authors: | Flanigan, Timothy P. Kaloustain, Wools Kara, Harwell Joseph, Cu-Uvin Susan, Kimaiyo, Sylvester, E. Jane Carter Jane E. |
Keywords: | Antiretroviral Therapy HIV infection |
Issue Date: | 22-Oct-2007 |
Publisher: | Ampath |
Abstract: | HAART has been extremely successful in suppressing HIV infection, restoring im- mune function, and improving health, and it has led to dramatic decreases in morbidity and mortality in those areas of the developing world where HIV infection is most prevalent. Studies from the ART in Lower Income Countries cohort and from Malawi, Uganda, Cote de’Ivoire, and India have clearly demonstrated that 1 75% of HIV-infected individuals who re- ceive fixed-dose combination (FDC) ther- apy with a nonnucleoside reverse-tran- scriptase inhibitor have excellent viral suppression [1–5]. These successes have been outstanding and have driven the scale-up of HAART as a global health priority. More than 2 million individuals in the developing world are receiving HAART; most of these individuals are in sub-Saharan Africa, which bears the brunt of the HIV epidemic |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3017 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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