Editorial: Managing HIV-associated Pulmonary Disease in Resource Limited Settings - What needs to be done to Improve Diagnosis
Year: 2014
Type: editorial
Abstract: At the time of this publication, the all too familiar statistics continue to hit the headlines: Since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 78 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 39 million people have died of HIV. Globally, 35.0 million [33.2–37.2 million] people were living with HIV at the end of 2013. An estimated 0.8% of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV. Though the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions, sub-Saharan Africa remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 20 adults living with HIV and accounting for nearly 71% of the people
Source: Medical Journal of Zambia
Authors: Peter Mwaba, JS Kachimba
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2263194818