{"id":2347,"date":"2021-06-24T11:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/?page_id=2347"},"modified":"2021-06-24T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:44:27","slug":"hiv-aids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/scientific-studies\/hiv-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a global health crisis and a leading cause of death in the developing world.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”]
<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than\u00a034 million<\/strong>\u00a0lives so far. In 2014,\u00a01.2 million<\/strong>\u00a0people died from HIV-related causes globally. There were approximately\u00a036.9 million<\/strong>\u00a0people living with HIV at the end of 2014. In 2014 alone,\u00a02 million<\/strong>\u00a0people worldwide became newly infected with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, with\u00a025.8 million<\/strong>\u00a0HIV patients in 2014. Sub-Saharan Africa also accounts for almost\u00a070%<\/strong>\u00a0of the global total of new HIV infections (World Health Organization).<\/p>\n

HIV infection is often diagnosed through rapid diagnostic tests, which detect the presence or absence of HIV antibodies. Most often these tests provide same-day test results, which are essential for same-day diagnosis and early treatment and care. It is estimated that currently only\u00a054%<\/strong>\u00a0of people with HIV know their status. In 2014, approximately\u00a0150 million<\/strong>\u00a0children and adults in 129 low- and middle-income countries received HIV testing services (World Health Organization).<\/p>\n

Current treatment involves the use of costly and highly toxic antiretroviral drugs that are largely insufficient and ineffective in meeting this challenge. This is because they are based on the singular theory that AIDS is caused by HIV, when it has been recognized that other factors, especially malnutrition or micronutrient deficiency, are intricately linked to the development of AIDS. Most importantly, antiretroviral drugs can further weaken the immune system and pose a potential risk for AIDS development.<\/p>\n

Thus, specific micronutrient deficiencies are very common in patients with HIV or AIDS, constituting an important underlying factor for the acquirement of immune deficiency, specifically in people from developing countries on the African continent. Hence, a comprehensive approach utilizing nutritional intervention is required to successfully treat this deadly disease.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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    [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1624538665449{margin-top: -75px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bg-ed1b2e-1.jpg?id=1827) !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:80px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a global health crisis and a leading cause of death in the developing world.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than\u00a034 million\u00a0lives so far. In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}