A decade of haart the development and global impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy this book celebrates the first 10 years of the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy haart which has revolutionized the lives of millions of hiv 1 infected individuals and may be the most potent means of curtailing the scale of the . A decade later the disease has been transformed into a serious yet potentially manageable medical condition for thousands of people living with hiv aids in the developed world almost ov more highly active antiretroviral therapy haart is a therapeutic intervention developed by clinicians and researchers in order to fight the hiv pandemic. Highly active antiretroviral therapy haart is a therapeutic intervention developed by clinicians and researchers in order to fight the hiv pandemic it has contributed to a significant reduction in aids related mortality and allowed many previously bed ridden patients to live healthier more productive lives. A decade of haart the development and global impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy published 1 january 2008 from department for international development document type book theme. Highly active antiretroviral therapy haart is a therapeutic intervention developed by clinicians and researchers in order to fight the hiv pandemic it has contributed to a significant reduction in aids related mortality and allowed many previously bed ridden patients to live healthier more productive lives until the advent of haart in 1996 a diagnosis of hiv infection was considered a