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  Antiretroviral roll-out in South Africa: where do children feature?

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2004

  This paper explores whether children’s health needs are adequately addressed in South Africa's national plan for comprehensive care and treatment for HIV and AIDS.
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  Rights passages from "near death" to "new life": AIDS activism and treatment testimonies in South Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This IDS working paper explores how the combination of illness experiences and involvement in treatment programmes has dramatically altered the lives, identities and futures of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in South Africa.
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  A public health approach for scaling up antiretroviral (ARV) treatment: a toolkit for programme managers

  HIV/AIDS Department, WHO, 2003

  This toolkit addresses the fact that lack of access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment has perpetuated HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in many countries.
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  AIDS Epidemic Update 2004

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This joint UNAIDS/WHO report outlines the most recent trends in the global AIDS epidemic. Women are increasingly affected by HIV and make up nearly half of the 37.2 million living with HIV world wide. In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 60 percent of adults living with HIV are women. The report identifies Southern Africa as the worst-hit region with HIV prevalence rates surpassing 25 percent.
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  Barriers to better care for people with AIDS in developing countries

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This British Medical Journal article examines the challenges faced in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “3 by 5” initiative, which aims to deliver anti-retrovirals (ARVs) to 3 million people by 2005. It highlights that the focus on delivering ARVs distracts resources and attention from a broader model of health care.
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  Treating AIDS now: an opportunity for the UK to lead the world in bringing AIDS treatment to all who need it

  People and Planet, 2004

  This paper is a call to action for the UK government to use its international leadership to increase access to HIV/AIDS treatment. The paper outlines the case for antiretrovirals (ARV), as well as the key role of drug costs in determining access to ARVs. It then makes the case for expanding generic drug production in developing countries and explores the barriers to this expansion.
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  AIDS In India: public health related aspects of industrial and intellectual property rights policies in a developing country

  Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi, 2004

  By 2004, an estimated 40 million people world-wide are infected by the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV). The epidemic essentially affects developing countries (DCs), and India is no exception, with reported cases numbering around 4 million.
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  HIV/AIDS as a security issue in Africa: lessons from Uganda

  International Crisis Group, 2004

  This report is the third in a series on HIV/AIDS as a security issue from the International Crisis Group (ICG), and draws on the policy experience of Uganda. The report asserts that HIV/AIDS prevention and conflict prevention should go hand in hand: evidence suggests that war can lead to increased risks of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS can make conflicts worse.
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  Cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment for HIV-positive adults in a South African township

  Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, 2004

  Many HIV-positive adults in South Africa are dependent on the resource-constrained public sector healthcare system. There is therefore a clear need for research on the costs and effectiveness of different treatments for HIV.
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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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