Improving HIV treatment in rural Lesotho

SoldiarMed SolidarMed and Swiss TPH jointly introduced a new testing procedure in rural Lesotho in 2021. It enables to improve health care for people affected by HIV in rural areas. The SolidarMed-supported laboratory is the first to date to use such tests in HIV treatment in rural Lesotho. Treatment of HIV requires good adherence to therapy to provide optimal control of the virus. If, based on the condition of the person affected by HIV, the attending physician is concerned that the current medication may not be the right one, genotypic HIV resistance testing is used to quickly detect virologic failure or resistance to treatments.

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