HIV/AIDS

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HIV/AIDS Preventative Treatment

With regards to HIV/AIDS, preventative treatment (called prophylaxis) refers to treatment used to prevent AIDS-related infections and illnesses. Primary prophylaxis involves using drugs to prevent infection and secondary prophylaxis (also called maintenance therapy) is used to prevent the recurrence of an infection. For example, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 5 million people are co-infected with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ...Read the full article