Community and service provider views to inform the 2013 WHO consolidated antiretroviral guidelines
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Developing the 2013 WHO consolidated antiretroviral guidelines.
The 2013 ‘Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection’ [1], released in July 2013, are the latest and most comprehensive of a series of important guidelines on antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the last decade from the World Health Organization (WHO). They were developed in response to important advances in the science and practice ...
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عنوان ژورنال: AIDS
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0269-9370
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000000251