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Selected words and phrases

WHO (World Health Organisation) – international organisation involved in global responses to HIV.

WHO website.

mitochondria – energy producing factories that live inside other cells.

toxicity – medical word for side effect, the potential harm a drug can cause.

DOT (directly observed therapy) – where a nurse or other healthcare worker observes or supervises someone take medicine.

Cmax – highest concentration of a drug after a dose.

What happens when you take a drug?