Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries
| dc.contributor.author | Nattrass, Nicoli | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-12T08:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-12T08:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-12T08:12:06Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Despite unprecedented international mobilisation to support universal provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), national governments continue to play the key role in determining access to treatment. Whereas some AIDSaffected countries have performed as well or better than expected given their level of development, institutional characteristics and demographic challenges (e.g. Thailand and Brazil), others (notably South Africa) have not. This paper argues that government leadership affects the 'economics' of antiretroviral (ARV) drug delivery in developing countries in profound ways. Access to HAART for citizens depends crucially on the commitment on the part of their national governments to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over patented ARV prices, on their policy towards compulsory licensing, and on their commitment to public-health approaches to delivering HAART. Civil society has an important role to play in encouraging governments to become, and remain, committed to taking action to ensure sustainable and widespread access to HAART. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Nattrass, N. (2008). <i>Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19622 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Nattrass, Nicoli <i>Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19622 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nattrass, N. (2008). Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Nattrass, Nicoli AB - Despite unprecedented international mobilisation to support universal provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), national governments continue to play the key role in determining access to treatment. Whereas some AIDSaffected countries have performed as well or better than expected given their level of development, institutional characteristics and demographic challenges (e.g. Thailand and Brazil), others (notably South Africa) have not. This paper argues that government leadership affects the 'economics' of antiretroviral (ARV) drug delivery in developing countries in profound ways. Access to HAART for citizens depends crucially on the commitment on the part of their national governments to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over patented ARV prices, on their policy towards compulsory licensing, and on their commitment to public-health approaches to delivering HAART. Civil society has an important role to play in encouraging governments to become, and remain, committed to taking action to ensure sustainable and widespread access to HAART. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries TI - Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19622 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19622 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Nattrass N. Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries. 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19622 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Government Leadership | |
| dc.subject.other | Aighly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) | |
| dc.subject.other | Developing Countries | |
| dc.title | Government leadership and ARV provision in developing countries | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |