HP: 4,453 HIV patients provided with free Antiretroviral Therapy medicines
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Shimla: As many as 4,453 people have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Himachal Pradesh and they have been provided free ART medicines, a state health official said.
The number of patients is till September this year, Director of Health Services Dr Ajay Kumar Gupta said.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs treat HIV/AIDS patients with more than two dozen medicines that come under six main types. Each drug fights the virus in one's body in slightly different ways.
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