The New York Times, in late August, reported that an increasing percentage of people, perhaps as high as 50 percent, are seeing the HIV virus return after being on three-drug therapies for a longer period. Six-month figures had shown a decrease of 13 percent. In contrast to earlier figures which showed a 3 percent increase in AIDS deaths among women, the nine-month figures show a decline of 7 percent.
Experts attribute the decrease to new drug therapies and greater access to healthcare.
Copyright 1997, San Francisco AIDS Foundation.