Irina Eramova, Srdan Matic, Monique Munz, "HIV/ AIDS treatment and care: clinical protocols for the WHO European region"
2007 | pages: 501 | ISBN: 9289072989 | PDF | 6,2 mb
HIV is a chronic infection with no known cure, and people living with HIV have to be followed medically for the rest of their lives. WHO promotes a comprehensive approach to the manage-ment of people living with HIV that addresses the individual’s full range of health-related needs, many of which may change during his or her lifetime. The underlying principle may be described as “treating the individual and not the disease”.
The core component of this approach is the provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART). The optimal form of ART, known as highly active ART (HAART), combines three or more drugs, and it increases the length and quality of life for infected individuals while reducing the onward transmission of the virus. Evidence over the past decade from western Europe and other indus-trialized countries shows that what was once an almost universally fatal disease has become a manageable chronic condition, and that the medicines available today can ensure people living with HIV a life expectancy comparable to that of uninfected people.
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