New method results in more cost-effective treatment of HIV
Sub-Saharan countries lack the resources for HIV-treatment surveillance and follow-up. Continuous surveillance of treatment is important to prevent from over- or under-treatment. Over-treatment can potentially result in serious side effects while under-treatment can increase the risk of resistance to HIV medications. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have now developed a method that may lead to safer, simpler and more cost-effective treatment surveillance worldwide.Since 2005, AIDS mortality has been reduced by 30 percent in sub-Saharan countries, due to increased availability of effective