Start ART at CD4 ≤500 to Save Millions More Lives: WHO Guidelines – MM1309
The extensive global expansion of access to HIV treatment is transforming not only the HIV epidemic but also the entire public health landscape. In 2012, 1.6m more people were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low- and middle-income countries compared to a year earlier, with the greatest increases occurring in the WHO African region. In 2002, 300 000 people received ART in low- and middleincome countries which increased to 9.7m in 2012. The target is to allow 15m people access to ART by 2015.
Modern Medicine – September 2013
