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Country Programs
Access to Treatment and Care: Haiti Experience (2003)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of Partners in Health, a non-profit charity affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and its Haitian sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, to deliver antiretroviral therapy in Haiti."
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Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Khayelitsha Programme in South Africa: Case study (2003)
"The Khayelitsha ARV treatment project was initiated to demonstrate that treating HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in a primary health care setting and in a resource-limited environment is feasible and replicable. In addition, it aimed to prove that developing countries can provide affordable HIV/AIDS care with low-cost ARV drugs. After two years, the program has produced invaluable lessons, which are outlined in this paper."
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Antiretroviral Therapy is Primary Health Care: Experience of the Chiradzulu Programme in Malawi (2004)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes a program in Malawi run by MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors without Borders) . It outlines the ways in which MSF and the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) have sought to simplify treatment and diagnosis and to modify the delivery of care in order to increase the number of patients benefiting from ART."
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Antiretroviral Treatment Policy for Uganda (2003)
This sets out Uganda's national policy on when and how to use ART.
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Approaches to the Management of HIV/AIDS in Cuba (2004)
Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes Cuba's work on HIV and AIDS. Cuba is one of the few developing countries to provide comprehensive health care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Key to its success has been the political will to act and not wait for external assistance. Their HIV/AIDS program is based on a comprehensive health care system that has facilitated good control over blood transfusion and blood products as well as prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
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Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda (2005)
FHI and its partners have learned valuable lessons that can guide development and expansion of ART services in Africa and other regions. Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda presents many of these, along with strategies, challenges and key recommendations. Comments by national and community leaders, providers and patients appear throughout the text to give readers a sense of the programs as they progressed.
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Ghana: Preparing for the Management of Antiretroviral Drugs (2003)
"Eighty people from public and private sector organizations were interviewed. Sites visited were preparing to or already implementing ART, designated for ART initiation, already using ARVs for PMTCT, and/or selected as CMS/PAI ART initiative sites. The primary recommendations resulting from this assessment are listed. A full discussion of each recommendation can be found in the section on Conclusions and Recommendations."
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Guideline for Implementation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia (2005)
"This resource was developed to guide the implementation of the National ART Program in Ethiopia. It is intended to harmonize and standardize all related programs, including training, health management information systems, diagnostics, prevention, care, and support."
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Improving AIDS Treatment Programs The Horizons Report (2004)
"Describes operations research in Thailand—which has an established HAART program—and Kenya, where treatment programs are still in their infancy. Critical treatment issues are a focus—adherence, protective behavior, monitoring and follow-up, and more, as well as the research approaches needed to better understand how to solve treatment-related problems."
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Introducing Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on a Large Scale: Hope and Caution (2002)
"This paper provides program planning and management guidance to resource-limited countries that seek to implement expanded ART services. It includes specific guidance on setting criteria for receiving ART and deciding on treatment protocols, laboratory, clinical, counseling and pharmaceutical services. In addition, it includes guidance for estimating program costs, human resources and training requirements, and examples of communication messages specific to ART programs. It suggests components for a national ART program and topics for key operations research requirements specific to resource-limited countries."
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Introducing ARVs in resource-poor settings: expected and unexpected challenges and consequences
This paper presents the experience of an integrated HIV prevention and care project in rural Haiti in order to explore the challenges to national AIDS programs and other bodies in the “least developed” countries as more resources are made available for HIV prevention and care.
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Ithembalabantu People's Hope Clinic (2003)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of an HIV/AIDS treatment and care clinic in South Africa. The clinic treats about 100 clients and has had an adherence rate of >95%."
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Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment for South Africa (2003)
This plan presents various options and choices to South Africans for treatment and care of HIV/AIDS. It is the product of a task force of experts and the Ministry of Health and is comprehensive, covering topics ranging from traditional medicines to social mobilization of communities to human resource management.
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Scaling up Antiretroviral therapy: Ugandan experience (2003)
This is a draft report of case study on the Ugandan experience of ART scale-up.
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The Lighthouse: A center for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi (2003)
Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of The Lighthouse Trust in Malawi. It was established in 2001 to provide a continuum of quality care and counseling as well as to improve the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV in Lilongwe.
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