RTI International/Ruth McDowallGlobally, UNAIDS estimates that by the end of 2021, 75% of all people with HIV in the world were accessing treatment.
But “accessing treatment” in fact just means that this number have initiated treatment at some point. It is not the number on treatment right now, because it does not try to estimate how many people starting treatment may have dropped out of care. Back in 2015, one study estimated that a quarter or more of people initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low- and middle-income countries had stopped treatment within two years of initiation.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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