Progress we may reverse without funding for PEPFAR HIV treatments & the people who deliver them:
After ART became available to treat HIV in rural South Africa (dashed line in 2003), life expectancy increased from 49.2 to 60.5 years
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3860268/ Bor et al. in @science.org
After ART became available to treat HIV in rural South Africa (dashed line in 2003), life expectancy increased from 49.2 to 60.5 years
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3860268/ Bor et al. in @science.org
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HIV treatments allow people to raise their children, work, & thrive
Sustained treatment also reduces onward transmission & chance of resistance
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3819460/