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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and health systems, HIV and AIDS, HIV global initiatives, ARVs, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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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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  Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: five years later

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Environment and Development, 2006

  This report, from the United Nations Secretary General, provides an update on progress in the global response to HIV and AIDS since the 2001 special session. The report is based on nearly 120 country progress reports from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as well as over 30 reports from civil society, and national and global surveys.
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  HIV prevention in the era of expanded treatment access

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004

  This report by the Global HIV prevention working group argues that long term success against HIV and AIDS requires simultaneous expansion of both antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention. The report makes detailed recommendations on how to effectively integrate HIV prevention into expanding HIV treatment programmes.
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  The treatment era: ART in Africa

  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2004

  This new resource from IRIN’s Plusnews website looks at the issues involved in anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Africa. As a result of falling antiretroviral prices, new sources of international funding and growing political commitment, providing treatment for Africa’s HIV-positive citizens is an achievable goal.
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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