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  Provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: a review of experience up to August 2003

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  Cheaper drugs and increased levels of financing mean the prospects should be improving for people with HIV/AIDS in poorer countries. There has been an expansion of existing antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes and a number of new initiatives. But how can access to ART be most effectively improved, and what are the pitfalls that policymakers must avoid?
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  Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming.
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  Treating 3 million by 2005: making it happen, the WHO strategy

  World Health Organization, 2003

  In 2001, partners within the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and other organisations along with scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) calculated that, under optimal conditions, 3 million people living in developing countries could be provided with antiretroviral therapy and access to medical services by the end of 2005.
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  Health sector responses to HIV/AIDS and treatment access in southern Africa: addressing equity

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

  All people with HIV/AIDS should have equal opportunity to access effective and appropriate treatment. Factors affecting access to treatment include existing social and health inequities, widespread poverty, high rates of new HIV infections, famine and budgetary constraints.
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  Impact of public-private partnerships addressing access to pharmaceuticals in low-income countries: Uganda pilot study

  Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health, 2003

  The UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded the Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health (IPPPH) to conduct a pilot study in Uganda to assess the health and health systems impact of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for improving access to pharmaceuticals.
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  Tackling HIV in resource poor countries

  British Medical Journal, 2003

  Prevention of HIV infection is often promoted as the only feasible option in resource poor settings despite the existence of drugs to treat it. As recently as 2002, experts argued that prevention should take priority over treatment for AIDS in Africa based on cost effectiveness.
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  Equity in health sector responses to HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

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

  It is estimated that globally there are 42 million people suffering from AIDS of whom 29.4 million are found in Sub- Saharan Africa. HIV/AIDS was first described in 1983 in Tanzania, and has since spread dramatically.
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  HIV/AIDS, equity and health sector personnel in southern Africa

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

  In the health sector, HIV/AIDS increases the demand for care, the level and complexity of work and the risk of infection, whilst also placing a strain on resources. These burdens exacerbate problems of sickness, absenteeism and workload, increasing losses of health workers.
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  Prevention or care? What works best in the fight against AIDS?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What is the best way of fighting AIDS?  What is the right balance to strike between health education, treatment of the disease and caring for AIDS sufferers?
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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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