Lucian Coman/ShutterstockPeople with HIV who achieve viral suppression under antiretroviral therapy have a life expectancy and a disability-free life expectancy almost similar to those of HIV-negative people in South Africa. They also have a greater chance of living a longer and healthier life than people with HIV not reaching viral suppression while on treatment. This is what a recent study from South Africa, published in The Lancet HIV, has found. The authors say that this study is the first to reveal an association between HIV viral suppression and years lived without disability among people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
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