Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has greatly improved the prognosis of HIV-infected individuals in affluent countries, resulting in a marked drop in AIDS-related mortality. 1-3 ART programmes have also been successfully initiated in less well-resourced health systems. Brazil, a middle-income developing country, has incorporated ART into its public health service4 and a successful ART programme has been implemented in rural Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.5
Reference:
Bekker, L. G., & Wood, R. (2003). Do we need a national antiretroviral treatment register?: editorial. South African Medical Journal, 93(7), p-514.
Bekker, L., & Wood, R. (2003). Do we need a national antiretroviral treatment register?. South African Medical Journal, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18209
Bekker, Linda-Gail, and Robin Wood "Do we need a national antiretroviral treatment register?." South African Medical Journal (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18209
Bekker L, Wood R. Do we need a national antiretroviral treatment register?. South African Medical Journal. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18209.