Sentences with phrase «lifesaving antiretrovirals»
Stigma can also make it difficult to seek care, whether it is making that initial doctor's visit for an HIV test, asking a doctor to prescribe preventive medication, or picking up lifesaving antiretrovirals from a small - town pharmacy.
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In South Africa, more than 95 % of HIV - infected pregnant women receive lifesaving antiretrovirals (ARVs), which also prevent mother - to - child transmission (MTCT).
Hundreds of thousands of South Africans died as a result of the «alternative facts» peddled by the Mbeki government because they could not access lifesaving antiretroviral drugs.