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Published Online: 5 July 2004

Impact of New Developments in Antiretroviral Treatment on AIDS Prevention and Care in Resource-Poor Countries

Publication: AIDS PATIENT CARE and STDs
Volume 14, Issue Number 5

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Combination antiretroviral treatment (ARV) including protease inhibitors, decreased the morbidity and mortality due to AIDS in the industrialized world. Many obstacles remain before ARVs can be introduced in resource-poor countries: high treatment costs, lack of laboratories to monitor the treatment, weak healthcare systems, and many other competing healthcare needs. The introduction of ARVs in resource-poor countries should be closely monitored. The first priority for the use of ARVs in resource-poor countries is the prevention of mother-tochild transmission of HIV. News about the success of ARV treatment may lead to an increase in unsafe behaviors including a decreased use of condoms. Therefore, prevention efforts should be strengthened; especially the development of an HIV vaccine needs to become a top priority. Funds for ARV treatment cannot come from the already strained healthcare budgets of resource-poor countries. The pressure on politicians and international donor agencies to provide ARVs to resource-poor countries should be used to increase overall healthcare budgets and to improve healthcare services in general.

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cover image AIDS Patient Care and STDs
AIDS PATIENT CARE and STDs
Volume 14Issue Number 5May 2000
Pages: 251 - 257
PubMed: 10833812

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Published online: 5 July 2004
Published in print: May 2000

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