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first diagnosed as long ago as the early 1980s. "People who are infected and affected by HIV
live in isolated world without any hope, a world ruled by fear of being rejected once they disclose
they are living with HIV-Aids or are related to someone who is HIV positive, " said Pam Kisten,
managing director of Open Door, a drop-in HIV-Aids care centre. Situated amid the hustle and
bustle of Durban's city centre, where thousands of people go about their lives seemingly
unaffected and untouched by the trials and tribulations of their fellow city dwellers. Open Door on
330 to 332 West Street offers a refuge for people infected or affected by HIV-Aids. The centre
has been operating from Colonial Building since 1996 when Old Mutual responded to Open
Door's request for assistance and provided accommodation for the centre, free of charge, in one
of its properties.
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Ref ID: 3164
(1998). Why drug "cocktails" fight virus effectively. The Cape Times.
Keywords: Africa/AZT/drugs/South Africa
Abstract: The arena of antiretroviral therapy (what the clinicians call the drugs that fight HIV
infection) is a confusing one. Anti-Aids drugs come with names that easily fill a mouth and most
of them are known be acronyms, which can be confusing in itself. New drugs are being
developed all the time and ongoing research adds to the knowledge about existing treatments.
Nothing is certain-except that people who take these drugs properly live longer and are healthier
than people who don't.
The drugs don't cure HIV infection, but have turned it from a fatal disease into a long-term
manageable one, with about 60% of people who take them responding so well that the virus
remains in their bodies. These people remain HIV-positive and are able to pass HIV to others.
Years of research has shown that all these drug work best when used together.-hence the
"cocktails" or combination therapies. If they are used alone the virus quickly learns to resist the
drug (through normal processes of mutation).
The drugs are all aimed at stopping the virus from reproducing, but are divided into three
classes according to how they do this.
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