Thursday, June 27, 2019

National Adoption of “Treat All” Policy Leads More People with HIV to Start Treatment Quickly | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Adoption of “Treat All” Policy Leads More People with HIV to Start Treatment Quickly | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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National Adoption of “Treat All” Policy Leads More People with HIV to Start Treatment Quickly

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When countries began providing HIV treatment to all people diagnosed with the virus, regardless of their immune health, the proportion of people who started treatment within a month of enrolling in HIV care jumped sharply in some nations, investigators have found. This NIAID-supported study is among the first to provide evidence outside of a controlled research setting that national adoption of “Treat All” policies leads to strong, sustained improvements in rapid ART initiation after enrollment in HIV care.

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