
For immediate release: March 23, 2018
National adoption of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) HIV treatment guidelines has been followed by marked increases in timely initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART), according to a recent analysis of HIV patient data from 22 countries where national ART guidelines and policies expanded HIV treatment eligibility, following WHO recommendations in 2009 and 2013.
Increases in timely ART initiation were largest among young adults aged 16 to 24 years, and healthier patients with early stage disease—two groups that are known to have lower rates...
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