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Title: WHO: Treat people with HIV early to stop spread
Post by: riky on July 01, 2013, 09:00:21 AM
WHO: Treat people with HIV early to stop spread

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/treat-people-hiv-early-stop-spread-002645962.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WygiWJYxaXDnJ1gjB4j6kw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7957683dd9603315360f6a7067006481.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo a patient, right, is attended to at the U.S. sponsored Themba Lethu, HIV/AIDS Clinic at the Helen Joseph hospital in Johannesburg. To give people with HIV their best shot at survival and to stop the virus from spreading, patients should be treated much earlier than has previously been the case in developing countries, according to new guidelines issued Sunday, June 30, 2013, at an AIDS meeting in Malaysia by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo a patient, right, is attended to at the U.S. sponsored Themba Lethu, HIV/AIDS Clinic at the Helen Joseph hospital in Johannesburg. To give people with HIV their best shot at survival and to stop the virus from spreading, patients should be treated much earlier than has previously been the case in developing countries, according to new guidelines issued Sunday, June 30, 2013, at an AIDS meeting in Malaysia by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) â€" Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend earlier treatment for adults.</p><br clear="all"/>

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