Sentences with phrase «offer antiretrovirals»

More than two dozen countries, for example, only offer antiretrovirals to fewer than 20 % of their citizens who need treatment.

At this week's conference, delegates from UNAIDS, the World Health Organization and CDC will also debate possible changes to the WHO's current guidance on who should be offered antiretroviral drugs.

Yesterday, away from the conference, it was reported that the placebo arm of a European trial studying the antiretroviral Truvada used as PrEP will be stopped early and volunteers will be offered the antiretroviral because of its observed effectiveness at preventing HIV infection.

Not exact matches

The inspiration for the social - media campaign came from the recent WHO HIV / AIDS recommendations that stated that «patients should be put on an antiretroviral therapy of three drugs immediately after diagnosis» and «everyone at risk of becoming infected should be offered protective doses of similar drugs.»

This year, five new antiretroviral drugs in different classifications made strong advances, offering hope to patients with drug - resistant strains of the virus.

«The HPTN 052 trial was designed to address two questions: whether providing antiretroviral therapy to an HIV - infected person would prevent HIV transmission to a sexual partner, and whether earlier antiretroviral therapy offered long - lasting health benefits, and the answer to both is a resounding yes.»

Once the investigators reported their landmark data in 2011, all infected study participants were offered the opportunity to begin antiretroviral therapy right away, and the trial continued for another four years, concluding this spring.

Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- infected cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection.