South Africa's Successful HIV Treatment Programme

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South Africa's Successful HIV Treatment Programme
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South Africa has one of the largest public-sector chronic medicine programmes for HIV treatment in the world. Approximately 5.8 million out of 7.8 million HIV-positive individuals in the country are on antiretroviral treatment.

South Africa has one of the largest public-sector chronic medicine programme s for HIV treatment in the world. Approximately 5.8 million out of 7.8 million HIV-positive individuals in the country are on antiretroviral treatment . The government provides medication to about 5.5 million people through the public health system, resulting in significant public health benefits.

However, the data used to estimate various factors such as life expectancy and HIV incidence are approximate and sourced from different quality data sources

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