Clues to Ensuring Anti-HIV drugs are taken in Africa

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Published October 22, 2007, last updated on February 25, 2013 under Research News

HIV-infected patients in the African country of Tanzania were more likely to stop taking their medications and to fail treatment if they had to pay for the drugs themselves.

According the results of a new study conducted by Tanzanian physicians and Duke University Medical Center researchers, HIV-infected patients who openly discussed their illness were also more likely to fare better.

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