There is no cure for crypto, but antiretroviral therapy to restore immunity can effectively clear up the infection.
The antiretroviral medication that helps prevent HIV developing into full-blown Aids is being taken by fewer than 30% of those infected.
More information can be found in continuing antiretroviral treatment.
This means that about 24 percent of people in need worldwide were receiving antiretroviral therapy by end-June 2006.
This would have allowed it, for instance, to triple the number of antiretroviral treatments for HIV from 2.5m at the end of 2009 to 7.5m.
But she noted that antiretroviral therapy, or ART, alone will not solve the problem.
To assess the extent to which user fees for antiretroviral therapy (ART) represent a financial barrier to access to ART among HIV-positive patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The researchers said the therapy, such as single-use cocktails of antiretroviral therapy can not cure AIDS, because of its potential pool beyond the reach of the AIDS virus.
In particular, the use of antiretroviral drugs has not only revolutionised treatment of HIV infection, but also offers the prospect of stopping the spread of the virus.
"For HIV patients, this report is an important flicker of hope that antiretroviral therapy like HAART [highly active antiretroviral therapy] is not the endpoint of medical research," Hutter said.
Many shuffle between health clinics for TB medications and district hospitals for antiretroviral drugs.
It is a United Nations goal that, by 2010, everyone living with HIV should have access to antiretroviral treatment.
"It is very hard to take the antiretroviral drugs without having any food in the stomach and when I am worrying about where I am going to live," she said.
An additional contribution has also been made to the Global fund to support AIDS programs in Africa that help fund antiretroviral medication for those living with HIV.
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