HIV Rehabilitation

HIV therapy refers to a combination of antiretroviral drugs that block the viral replication in order to alleviate the symptoms of HIV and the progression of the disease. This treatment has become so successful that the researchers observed a dramatic decrease in morbidity and mortality in the country to have access. The success of anti-HIV therapy has also caused quite a stir in terms of universal access to it.

The World Health Organization, WHO, for short, in 2003 announced that they live antiretroviral drugs to three million people in low and middle income by the year 2005 provide. It was affectionately called the 3 by 5 target and provide the foundation for many was depth to the universal access to HIV therapy. This goal was achieved with the introduction of antiretroviral drugs for more than a million people, but it was not reached until 2007. In 2006, the WHO has another goal, set to implement the universal access to HIV treatment, including prevention, treatment and care until the year 2010. As the reports started coming in 2008, it was clear that this goal can not be achieved in 2010.

Universal access to HIV treatment does not mean that WHO intends to treat every person with HIV, but it will bring as the desire, in position to offer the most effective treatments for HIV are seen, the “fair, accessible affordable, comprehensive and sustainable in the long term, “said UNAIDS in 2009. Ninety nine countries in search of treatment 80 percent coverage, and their own goals of a comprehensive treatment. But follow the low-and middle-income non-WHO guidelines because they believe it is too expensive to start treating people earlier. In fact the opposite is true, and it is cheaper to start early in the long term treatment because it prevent costly health complications in the future. These low-income countries do not support universal access to antiretroviral therapy, HIV, because they think they save money.

In 2010, the WHO has changed the guidelines for the treatment of HIV, recommend that treatment be started in the early stages of the disease when CD4 cell count falls below 350 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. This caused the number of people who need treatment in the world 10-14600000 to go. But on a good note, 2006-2010 received three million people in low and middle-income HIV treatment. HIV treatment and are more accessible now, thanks to goals of WHO. As a result, WHO will get one step closer to its goals of universal access to HIV therapy.