Life expectancy soars in Africa with introduction of antiretroviral drugs
Roehr, B.
BMJ 346: f1207
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138 PMID: 23430407 Document Number: 572374
Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for HIV have had a profound effect in Africa on patient treatment and society, two new studies show.Adult life expectancy had fallen to 49.2 years in 2003 in KwaZulu-Natal.
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