Glossary

salvage therapy – a term for the combination therapy used after someone has developed resistance to three or more classes of HIV drugs. Also called ‘third-line’ or ‘rescue therapy’ or ‘treatment of patients with multidrug resistance’.

fixed dose combination (FDC) – several drugs combined in one tablet at a standard dose.

seroconversion – the immune reaction when you develop antibodies to a new infection. HIV seroconversion usually starts a couple of week after infection. Because this is when viral load is very high (often millions of copies/mL), this is when symptoms occur.

About 70% people have HIV seroconversion symptoms. Some people become very ill and need immediate ART, and other have no symptoms.

mixed feeding – combination of breastfeeding and bottle feeding.

SIDA – the abbreviation for AIDS in French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.