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Doctors seeing more HIV patients with multidrug resistance – The Westside Gazette


Doctors seeing more HIV patients with multidrug resistance – The Westside Gazette
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Doctors seeing more HIV patients with multidrug resistanceRavi Gupta, B.M., B.Chir., University College LondonA significant number of people with HIV have strains of the AIDS-causing virus that are resistant to both older and newer drugs, researchers report.The researchers looked at 712 HIV patients worldwide whose infection was not controlled by antiretroviral drugs.They found that 16 percent of patients whose infection was resistant to modern drugs had HIV mutations linked with resistance to older drugs called thymidine analogues.
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UN health agency fills gap in HIV treatment for patients in Libya


UN health agency fills gap in HIV treatment for patients in Libya
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3 January 2017 – Just a few weeks ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) began distributing much-needed anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to patients living with HIV in Libya, following the country's collapse in medical services and inability to provide life-saving drugs.After the start of the country's civil war in 2011, rates of HIV have continued to rise.A recent WHO analysis of the country's health system indicates a general collapse in medical services, including a lack of drug availability.
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Libya's HIV patients bear the brunt of drug shortages despite WHO support


Libya's HIV patients bear the brunt of drug shortages despite WHO support
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The conflict in Libya has created a rippling effect on medical services causing general drug shortage including anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs for HIV patients.Libya has 6,330 registered HIV patients as at 2016 and they depend on the country's health system for their supplies of ARV.The severe shortage of ARV has caused some deaths and subsequent protests heaping a lot of pressure on the government which called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) for help.
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