Kampala — Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults infected with HIV in rural Sub-Saharan Africa can generate widespread economic benefits, researchers have found.
In a study presented today at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington DC, United States, researchers from Uganda and the US found that HIV-infected adults with high CD4+ counts - a health status benchmark for HIV-positive people - are able to work on average 30 per cent more hours each day than people with low CD4+ counts.
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