AIDS TREATMENT INCREASE
July 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEplease ignore this one -THE TREATMENT of HIV/AIDS victims in developing countries with combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased dramatically over the last two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has claimed. In a new report, it said this more than doubled from December 2003, when 400,000 poor country citizens were being treated, to one million in June 2005. However, it warned that "access to HIV treatment continues to fall short of the growing need, and overall progress is unlikely to be fast enough to meet the (WHO and UN ...
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