Meningitis is one of the common opportunistic diseases affecting individuals with HIV.
In fact, an estimated 100,000 Ugandans are said to get infected with meningitis every year. It is said that 50 per cent of these die from the infection. To save lives, health personnel recommended that patients with both advanced Aids and cryptococcal meningitis should be started on ART within two weeks of a cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis.
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