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Searching with a thematic focus on Health, HIV and AIDS, ARVs, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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  Scaling-up treatment for HIV/AIDS: lessons learned from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

  The Lancet, 2004

  This article, published in The Lancet, considers strategies for providing antiretroviral treatment to three million people with HIV/AIDS by 2005 (the ‘3 by 5’ target), drawing on lessons from the Green Light Committee’s expansion of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
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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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  Gender, AIDS, and ARV therapies: ensuring that women gain equitable access to drugs within U.S. funded treatment initiatives

  Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2004

  This briefing paper identifies a number of essential elements of a gender sensitive approach to HIV treatment access to be incorporated in the United States (US) global AIDS strategies.Main recommendations include:the eligibility criteria developed by the US must recognise the effect of gender inequities at the household and community level on women’s access to treat
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  Treatment guidelines for a public health approach [to HIV in Tamil Nadu]

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This short publication provides up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment.This issue includes:treatment guidelines for a public health approach: presents the updated and simplified treatment guidelines that are a cornerstone of the WHO’s "3- by-5 Plan", aimed at having at least 3 million people in need of antiretroviral treatment in developing countries with access to i
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  Local government responses to HIV/AIDS: a handbook

  World Bank, 2003

  This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS.
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  Costing of HIV/AIDS treatment in Mexico

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2003

  This study documents the Mexican experience in HIV/AIDS treatment in three different health subsystems:The Ministry of Health (SSA)The Mexican Social Security Institute/Social Security and Services Institute for Workers of the State (IMSS/ISSSTE)The National Institutes of Health (INS)The study uses a consistent methodology that allows the comparison of the relative costs of
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  Equity in health sector responses to HIV/AIDS in Malawi

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

  In Malawi, HIV/AIDS has created an increasing demand for healthcare, exacerbated by population pressure, chronic poverty and food insecurity. This demand is set against a reduced capacity to supply healthcare.
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  Intellectual property rights, anti-AIDS policy and generic drugs: lessons from the Brazilian public health program

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2003

  The paper analyses Brazil’s national anti-Aids programme. The focus is on the main choices that have governed the Programme’s preparation, the obstacles it has faced and how it has overcome them.
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  Setting priorities for government involvement with antiretrovirals

  International AIDS Economics Network, 1997

  This paper examines four questions posed by economic analysis to help set priorities for government involvement with antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS. The main focus is on making decisions about policy relating to ARVs in developing countries where the needs are greatest and resource constraints are most binding.
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  Antiretroviral treatment can be cost-saving for industry and life-saving for workers: a case study from Côte d’Ivoire’s private sector

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2003

  This paper aims to describe the health and economic impact of comprehensive HIV care with Anti-Retroviral Treatments (ART) within a private enterprise in Côte d’Ivoire.It describes how an “HIV solidarity fund” is used to finance ART to HIV-infected workers in Côte d’Ivoire.

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