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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Antiretrovoral treatment is now reaching many more people

Although progress is being made daily by the health powers to be , there is a lot more that can be done. The ultimate goal is to have a cure for HIV in the near future.
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Today's statistic:

"One out of every four new infections in South Africa is in young women between the ages of 15 and 24, experts say in remarks distributed by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. He said the number of new HIV infections among young women remain a major challenge. Although with a higher infection rate, South Africa puts more HIV patients on antiretroviral treatment, compared with other African countries. One in five people on antiretroviral treatment in the world lives in South Africa. That means 250,000 of those 2.4 million are being treated in the public sector in South Africa, according to the government. "  

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