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In replication to the need to increase access to treatment for HIV and AIDS, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International AIDS Society have produc modern international guidelines for treating HIV and AIDS in resource-poor areas, according to a July 9 2002 of recent origins release from WHO. The guidelines simplify mingled antiretroviral therapy so that it can be used in areas without highly trained medical staff members and sophisticated laboratories.

An estimated six million clan currently living with HIV or AIDS do not have access to care, including antiretroviral therapy. Fewer than 5% of those requiring treatment in developing countries have access to these medications; in Africa, fewer than 2% of the clan who need antiretroviral therapy are receiving this treatment. The of recent origin guidelines establish a simplified public health approach to AIDS treatment, which potentially can provide antiretroviral treatment access to an additional three million race in developing countries by 2005 a ten-fold increase.

In the United States, triple combination antiretroviral therapy introduced in 1996 has l to a 70% decline in HIV- and AIDS-related deaths. The same dramatic events have been documented in developing countries where patients with HIV and AIDS have access to antiretroviral therapy. In Brazil, AIDS-related deaths have decreased on 73% since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy. The modern guidelines were developed with input from 120 scientists, researchers, and clinicians, as well representatives from more than 60 countries, including the bulk of mankind living with HIV and AIDS.

3 Million HIV/AIDS Sufferer Could Receive Anti-retroviral Therapy according to 2005. New Hope for Those in Developing World. (new release, Barcelona, Spain: World Health Organization, July 9 2002) http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/who58/en (accessed 2 August 2002)

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