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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: scaling up inequalities?

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2005

  This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings.
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  Dangerous medicines: unproven AIDS cures and counterfeit antiretroviral drugs

  Globalization and Health, 2008

  This paper published in the journal Globalization and Health looks at anecdotal evidence that unproven AIDS ‘cures’ are widely used, and promoted by some countries’ governments, instead of evidence based antiretroviral therapy (ART).
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  Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi

  AIDS [journal], 2007

  Surveillance in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires estimates of both HIV prevalence and the proportion of HIV-positive individuals eligible for ART.
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  Assessment of equity in the uptake of anti-retrovirals in Malawi

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008

  Malawi, like the rest of southern Africa, has a high adult HIV prevalence (estimated at about 12% in 2004) yet the country’s health sector is struggling, largely due to limited investment. This paper reports on a study to assess equity in uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi in 2005, especially according to age (children vs. adults), gender (men vs. women) and income.
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  Mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults receiving antiretroviral treatment and survival of their HIV-uninfected children: a prospective cohort study

  The Lancet, 2008

  Whilst antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most effective clinical intervention for reduction of mortality in people with HIV-1 infection, access to ART in resource poor settings is very low. This article from the Lancet looks at whether home-based ART in Uganda is an effective way to reduce mortality, hospital admissions, and orphanhood in people with HIV-1 and their household members.
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  Guidance on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in health facilities

  World Health Organization, 2007

  These guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS outline an opt-out approach to provider-initiated HIV testing. Following this approach, healthcare staff would routinely recommend that certain types of patient should take a HIV test.
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  Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

  BioMed Central, 2007

  This research article from BMC International Health and Human Rights reports high levels of approval for the routine HIV testing (RHT) approach practiced in the Botswana public health system since 2004.
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  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 improvement in other priority areas of HIV treatment. The coverage rate for access to prophylactic ART by pregnant women, to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus, continues to be low.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: decreasing barriers to access and promoting adherence

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

  This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that the scale up of HIV testing and treatment cannot be done without improving access to primary healthcare. It also argues that food security is the greatest threat to the scale-up of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment provision in some of the countries most heavily affected by HIV.
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  Missing the target #3: stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk

  International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006

  This update report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) shows that the global effort to provide universal access to HIV treatment is stagnating. Despite progress in some areas it looks like the commitment to achieving universal access to treatment by 2010 will be missed by over 5 million people.

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