Word: azt
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...started in the labs. The advent of AZT and other HIV drug treatment protocols meant HIV-infected people were not necessarily doomed to a rapid and painful death. But many in the international AIDS community began to depict that silver lining as an entire silver cloud, joyfully proclaiming the end of the plague and effectively lowering our collective guard against the disease...
...currently accepted method for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child requires three to sixth months of treatment for the mother and child with the drug zidovudine (AZT). This regimen, while effective in advanced nations, is not accessible to the impoverished areas most stricken by AIDS...
...researchers found that the shorter AZT treatment, although not quite as effective, can still reduce perinatal transmission--and at one-fifth the usual cost...
...While AZT's efficacy in preventing HIV transmission is well established, the SPH study marks the first time researchers have considered the optimal duration of treatment, said Dr. Marc Lallemant, the study director...
...told what to do by anyone. But even Mbeki's supporters fear that his stubbornness on AIDS may be increasing the risks to his countrymen. Pressure is growing for him to re-evaluate his contrarian stance on HIV and--at the very least--to allow AZT treatment for pregnant women. That demand in particular was endorsed last Friday by a man Mbeki can't easily refuse: Nelson Mandela...