aidsmap.com :: HIV basics - HIV & AIDS: "In 1996, triple-drug HIV treatment was introduced. This treatment was able to reduce the amount of virus in the blood and allow the immune system to strengthen. Thanks to this treatment, the number of AIDS deaths fell dramatically in countries where treatment was widely available.
However, HIV was spreading rapidly in some of the world’s poorest countries, especially in southern Africa, and wider access to HIV treatment in these countries is only now starting to become a reality.
The early HIV treatment combinations were difficult to take and many caused unpleasant and long-term side-effects.
More powerful, easier-to-take and safer drugs gradually became available. Thanks to these, and other improvements in HIV care, doctors have become increasingly hopeful that many people with HIV will be able to live a near-normal lifespan.
Nevertheless, HIV continues to spread. The infection is spreading rapidly in Eastern Europe, China, India and south-east Asia.
HIV is now firmly established as one of the leading health concerns of the 21st century, and one of the most significant causes of illness and death in human history."
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