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To the Editor: Dr. Foster (June 13 issue)¹ highlights the epic tragedy of AIDS orphans in Africa and the absolute necessity of providing highly active antiretroviral therapy to adults in Africa. Current initiatives of the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS that focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)² serve only to exacerbate the orphan crisis. In Africa, where a major determinant of childhood survival is the presence of a healthy mother,³ it seems illogical to allow 28 million adults to die of HIV and then focus on "salvaging" the orphans.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy is the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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