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HIV Treatment Access Increases, but Coverage Still Low
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Title HIV Treatment Access Increases, but Coverage Still Low
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575418?src=rss
Description As of the end of 2007, close to 3 million HIV-infected individuals in low- and middle-income nations had access to antiretroviral drug therapy (ART), representing an increase of nearly 950,000 people who received ART last year. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > HIV/AIDS
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Date Jun 6, 2008
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