Towards universal access: WHO's role in HIV prevention, treatment and care
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Towards universal access: WHO's role in HIV prevention, treatment and care.
June 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii (now jirovecii) pneumonia in men who have sex with men, heralding the acquired immunodeficiency synd drome (AIDS).1 Over 65 million infecd tions with the causative agent, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have now caused at least 25 million deaths. Following recognition at the XI International Conference on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.06.0339104