Study Finds Antiretroviral Treatment Approach in South Africa, Switzerland Equally Successful
"Public-Health and Individual Approaches to Antiretroviral Therapy: Township South Africa and Switzerland Compared," PLoS Medicine: The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Bern and the University of Cape Town, analyzed data collected since 2001 from more than 2,000 people enrolled in HIV treatment programs in two townships in Cape Town, South Africa, and from more than 1,000 HIV-positive people enrolled in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. The study found that South Africa's "programmatic" public health approach to HIV treatment was found to be as effective as the "individualized" approach used in Switzerland (PLoS Medicine release, 7/7).
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