Equal Treatment #38 is now published. This edition of TAC's popular magazine focuses on drug resistance, living with ARVs, and adherence, patents and new science.

HIV drug resistance:

It can be a nerve-wrecking time when your ARVs stop working. Mara Kardas-Nelson speaks to Mziwethu Faku about his experiences with HIV drug resistance. After Mzi’s story, there is a detailed and easy-to-follow explanation of the science of HIV drug resistance.

Living with HIV and ARVs

Good treatment adherence can be very hard for children. Mary-Jane Matsolo asks when and how you tell a child that he or she is HIV-positive. Then we hear from a sex worker about her life with

HIV and ARVs. Also, don’t miss the adherence calendar on page 13 and our informative ARV centrefold.

Adherence, patents and new science

After an article exploring the reasons why people default from treatment, Catherine Tomlinson sheds light on important international trade legislation that might mean the end of affordable

ARVs. And finally, there is a summary of the exciting new HIV

research reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic

Infections.

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