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  Ensuring universal treatment access through sustainable public health systems

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2004

  This EQUINET article outlines a set of principles to make antiretroviral therapy (ART) available to southern Africans and to reinforce the long term goal of universal access to treatment. These principles were established at a joint meeting in February, 2004, with EQUINET, Oxfam GB in conjunction with SADC, as well as government, UN, health sector and international agency partners.
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  Rwanda: “Marked for Death”, rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

  Amnesty International, 2004

  This Amnesty International report explores the situation of rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.
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  Scaling up antiretroviral treatment in the public sector in Nigeria: a comprehensive analysis of resource requirements

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2004

  This report from Partners for Health Reformplus presents estimates of the total cost of providing comprehensive antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public sector in Nigeria.
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  Drugs for HIV in South Africa

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2004

  This short article presents the main features of the a South African major plan to provide antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to hundreds of thousands of HIV-infected patients.Findings include:about 50 000 people could receive drug treatment in 2004, rising to as many as 1-4 million by 2009the total budget will rise from US$44 million in 2005 to $666 million in 200950 service points are
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  Antiretroviral drugs and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This paper analyses the different alternatives that are available for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in resource-constrained settings, and makes recommendations about the best course of action in a number of situations.The paper argues that there are effective interventions to significantly reduce the risk of MTCT, namely:birth by caesareanuse of antire
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  AIDS treatment: saving lives, saving money

  The Commercial Market Strategies project, 2003

  This brochure attempts to convince Ghanaian businesses of the benefits of sponsoring AIDS treatment for their workforce.
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  AIDS treatment: a focus on 3 by 5

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This fact sheet provides key information on the ‘3 by 5’ initiative, a plan released by WHO and UNAIDS in late 2003 which intends to provide antiretroviral treatment to three million people living with AIDS in developing countries by the end of 2005.Key efforts within ‘3 by 5’ include:revised, simplified and standardised guidelines on the application of antiretroviral therapy in resourc
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  Empowering communities to respond to HIV/AIDS: Ndola demonstration project on maternal and child health: operations research final report

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This paper presents the results of a pre-post intervention study of the Ndola Demonstration Project in Zambia, whose goal was to pilot the introduction of infant feeding counselling (IFC) and voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) at antenatal care (ANC) sites as interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.Findings include:during the intervention mothers became i
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  Antiretroviral therapy in Africa

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This article explores the consequences of increasing access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral therapy in Africa for the spread of drug resistance.Findings and recommendations include:the experience of tuberculosis treatment in Africa shows that the potential short term gains from reducing individual morbidity and mortality may be far outweighed by the potential for the long term spread of drug
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  ART treatment access and effective responses to HIVand AIDS: providing new momentum for accessible, effective and sustainable health systems

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  This briefing outlines the major findings and issues from work carried out in southern Africa on equity in health sector responses to HIV and AIDS, particularly in terms of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART).Findings and conclusions include:social and economic inequalities and poverty are central to the AIDS epidemic in southern Africa: they shape the risk environments for HIV tra

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