Treatment in South Africa
South Africa has recently had a big increase in treatment access in the world, up to 75 percent between 2009 and 2011. In October 2012, South Africa reached the target of universal access to treatment as the total number of people receiving treatment reached 2 million (which is 80% of the people who need the treatment).
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008. He looked for opinions on AIDS, including many ideas his Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel. Mbeki and his health minister questioned the effectiveness of ARVs, which promoted that beetroot and garlic consumption can be a way of fighting HIV.
Just very recently, in April 2013, research have found that HIV-positive South African adults who begin treatment early can expect a near normal life expectancy.
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008. He looked for opinions on AIDS, including many ideas his Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel. Mbeki and his health minister questioned the effectiveness of ARVs, which promoted that beetroot and garlic consumption can be a way of fighting HIV.
Just very recently, in April 2013, research have found that HIV-positive South African adults who begin treatment early can expect a near normal life expectancy.