The researchers, Dr. Jean Nachega of South Africa's Stellenbosch University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, revealed that treating HIV patients with antiretroviral drug may lead the patients to live a normal life.

The researchers released the study at the conference of International AIDS Society held in Rome. The study was also published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The disease HIV had reduced the life expectancy by 15 to 20 years in the last 30 years.

As per Dr. Jean Nachega, "All what we’ve been able to gain in the past with the access to clean water, expanded immunization programs were totally reversed with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. So now we are seeing some good news that investing in antiretroviral programs, those investments are now paying off”.

The researchers carried out the study in Uganda; the study comprised of 22,000 HIV patients, the results were quiet satisfying but were found to be different among men and women. At the age of 20, the life expectancy of men was expected to be another 19 years and in women the life expectancy was expected to range up to 30 years. The life expectancy among men of 35 years of age lasted up to 57 years and in women it was expected to last up to 67 years.