OCTOBER 14, 2022

Navigating First-line Options for ART

By Edward Grace, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, FIDSA

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020, there are approximately 37 million people living with HIV (PLWH) worldwide with an additional 1.5 million newly diagnosed individuals each year.1 In the United States, 1.2 million people live with HIV, and 35,000 new infections occur annually.1 Despite the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommendation that all PLWH begin antiretroviral therapy (ART), only 35% of PLWH in this