AHF On New WHO HIV/AIDS Guidelines: Early Treatment Initiation Will Save Lives

On the eve of World AIDS Day 2009, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) praised the World Health Organization (WHO) for its new HIV treatment recommendations which include starting lifesaving antiretroviral treatment (ART) earlier (at a t-cell count of 3 instead of AHF has been advocating for such changes for more than a year and spearheaded a campaign Save Mothers’ and Infants’ Lives which generated a letter to WHO General Director, Dr. Margaret Chan urging an end to harmful single-dose HIV/AIDS treatment as a recommended treatment for expectant mothers and infants worldwide…

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