Key websites

Scaling up access to ARVs

With a handful of landmark government victories over pharmaceutical companies winning the right to produce generic drugs, much research and government attention is now being given to the issue of how best to scale-up access to ARVs in different countries. Should governments aim for universal access to ARVs through the public health sector? Would a collaboration of private and public health providers be more effective in delivering ARVs to the population? If universal access is not possible, which groups in society should be prioritised to receive ARVs?

Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: ( World Health Organization , 2007); This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less ...
Towards universal access: assessment by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS on scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2006); Recommended reading; This publication, produced by UNAIDS, provides an update on the status of scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. It is based on numerous consultations and submissions from country mem...
AIDS mortality, "race or color", and social inequality in a context of universal access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Brazil, 1999-2004: ( M.G.P. Fonsecal;F. LucenaIII;A. de Sousa;F. Bastos / Cadernos de Saúde Pública , 2007); This paper analyses AIDS deaths in Brazil during a period in which HAART became a key treatment regimen, exploring the hypothesis that race or colour defines one dimension of socioeconomic inequality ...
Missing the target: off target for 2010: how to avoid breaking the promise of universal access: ( International Treatment Preparedness Coalition , 2006); This report, from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), follows on from a 2005 study that explored specific barriers and potential solutions to AIDS treatment delivery in six coun...
Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?: ( K. Kober; W. van Damme / The Lancet , 2005); Recommended reading; This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of...
Access commun: scaling up access to antiretrovirals in Africa with community based organizations: ( M. de Cenival; C. Prunier-Duparge / Sidaction , 2004); This report outlines the findings of Sidactions’s 2004 survey of community organisations working in HIV and AIDS and their role in providing anti-retrovirals (ARVs) to communities. The report outline...
Delivering the 2010 target: financing universal access to HIV and AIDS treatment: ( ActionAid International , 2006); This paper looks at the current funding gap in the global response to HIV and AIDS and calls on the UK to work with other G8 countries to galvanise sufficient funding. It also calls on Gordon Brown to...
Technical consultation on children affected by HIV and AIDS: universal access to prevention, treatment and care: ( P. Noack; M. Campioni / United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2006); This report summarises the Technical Consultation on Children Affected by HIV and AIDS, which preceded the third Global Partners’ Forum (GPF) on children affected by HIV and AIDS. The Consultation bro...