Proportion of over 50s with HIV doubled in 10 years. What does this mean for healthcare?

Proportion of over 50s with HIV doubled in 10 years. What does this mean for healthcare?

Today, people over 50 make up the second largest group of South Africa’s HIV-positive population. But as people age, health problems like high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes rise too, which means more and more people will have to be treated for these conditions - on top of getting HIV care. We look at what the numbers show.

The proportion of people of 50+ with HIV has doubled in 10 years. What does that mean for healthcare?

As people age, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes rise too, which means more and more people will have to be treated for these conditions — on top of getting HIV care

The proportion of people 50+ with HIV has doubled in 10 years – The Mail & Guardian

The success of South Africa’s HIV treatment programme — the largest in the world — has also created a slumbering threat: a considerably larger group of people who need to be treated for age-related illnesses such as diabetes, heart conditions and high blood pressure — also called noncommunicable diseases — on top of having to receive HIV care.  Because antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) keep people healthy and increase their life expectancy, the scale-…

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