Arvs in a sentence

Authorities received a note from underground illegal miners in Stilfontein requesting ARVs.

Trapped Zama zamas in Stilfontein beg for ARVs and food, as authorities struggle to provide for the illegal miners amid ongoing rescue efforts.

Mombasa, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda — Each month, Pendo*, a 32-year-old sex worker living with HIV, received antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) and contraceptives at a drop-in centre near her home in Mombasa, Kenya.

Ms Kentutsi added that some people had stopped taking ARVs which might cause drug resistance.

But I am not deterred because I have been taught to keep taking my ARVs daily without fail,” she said.

However, that seemed not to have been the will of God as the named resident died on Sunday, a move that angered family members who suspected that their relative had died because he had stopped taking ARVs.

In Malawi alone, more than one million people take ARVs every day, making it one of Africa’s leading countries in controlling the epidemic.

Local organisations involved in HIV and Aids advocacy will on Thursday march against government's reluctance to address the critical shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in the country.

The anti-retroviral drug called Lamivudine is currently in short supply globally and this has affected ARVs that contain this ingredient, Deputy Director General for Health Regulation and Compliance Dr Anban Pillay told Health-e News.

The High Court ruled in favor of that company, Portfolio Pharmaceuticals, and the supply of ARVs was halted until the matter was resolved.

This represents a big boost since 2005 when frequent deaths and debilitating illnesses compelled government to roll out free access to ARVs.

ARVs have given a new lease of life to people living with HIV.

In order to ease congestion at clinics patients have been advised to visit registered private practitioners for free ARVs, though a consultation fee would be required,” the report read in part.

That’s testament not only to the advent of widely available ARVs but universal access to medical care, the media and education.

The challenge of food insecurity and water scarcity puts individuals (more so the elderly, women and orphans) at a disadvantage of adhering to medication (ARVs) when they are not able to afford a simple balanced diet further worsening their health.

Again in August 2003, Cabinet promised to formulate a national treatment plan that would include ARVs.

Because antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are not readily available, MSF usually provides treatment for opportunistic infections and educates the public on how to slow transmission of the disease.