The impact of alcohol on HIV prevention and treatment for South Africans in primary healthcare.
Date
2014-08Author
Schneider, Michelle
Chersich, Matthew
Temmerman, Marleen
Degomme, Olivier
Parry, Charles D
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Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has substantially reduced morbidity and mortality for HIV patients. In South Africa, with the largest ART programme globally, attention is needed not only on the further expansion of ART coverage, but also on factors which undermine its effectiveness, such as alcohol use.