Episode 76
HIV Treatment in Rural Africa
Sixty percent of all HIV sufferers in the world live in rural Africa, but practical and economic obstacles can prevent many of these people from accessing the anti-retroviral drugs that they desperately need. A recent clinical trial...
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October 11, 20104m 11s
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Show Notes
Sixty percent of all HIV sufferers in the world live in rural Africa, but practical and economic obstacles can prevent many of these people from accessing the anti-retroviral drugs that they desperately need. A recent clinical trial investigated this problem to try and improve HIV treatment in rural Africa. Julia Graham speaks to Diana Gibb from the MRC's Clinical Trials Unit in London to find out more... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
HIVAIDSAfricaanti-retroviral drugsCD4 testinganaemia