It's best to start ARVs immediately

17 May 2016 - 09:43

By KATHARINE CHILD

HIV-positive patients in Johannesburg offered antiretroviral drugs on the day they tested positive were more likely to start treatment immediately than those who had to return to the clinic up to five times before being given the drugs.

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