HIV/AIDS Treatment in Africa
- PlusNews Treatment Map (Regularly Updated)
Data for African countries on the total number of people on HIV treatment, the drug regimens used and the amount of international aid received.
From Integrated Regional Information Networks
- CDC Models Show Scaling Up ART for HIV Treatment Can Save Money Over Time (January 30, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Africa Turns to Cellphones for Better Health (April 4, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AFP Reports on How mHealth Is Changing Health Services in Africa (March 31, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Early Initiation of ART Should Be First Priority (December 24, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Media Examines Efforts to Protect Patients in Africa From Counterfeit Medications (December 8, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Health Experts, Mobile Service Providers Discuss Potential for Mobile Health in Africa at Summit (December 6, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Kicks Off in Switzerland (November 17, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Africa: Food Security, HIV/AIDS Treatment Closely Linked (November 16, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York Times Examines Efforts to Reduce Number of HIV-Positive Patients in Africa Who Stop Taking Their Medications (October 27, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Blog: Center for Global Development Report Examines Africa's Health Workforce (September 10, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Early, Rural-Based HIV Care Offers Hope in Africa (July 22, 2010)
From Reuters
- NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday Examines Film on "Transformative Effects" of Low-Cost ARVs in Africa (May 24, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- AP Examines Micro-Insurance in Africa (April 12, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Cell Phones Latest Tool to Beat HIV/AIDS in Africa (March 10, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- African Leaders, Chirac Unite to Fight Fake Drug Manufacturing, Distribution (October 13, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- 800,000 More Workers Needed in Africa to Meet Health Goals by 2015 (August 14, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- UNC Researchers Awarded $3.5 Million Federal Grant to Study Acute HIV in Africa (August 3, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Africa: Where to Find a Million New Nurses? (July 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Drugs Shortage Threatens Africa (July 20, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- West Africa Concerned About Brain Drain, Disease, Poverty (July 16, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Research Finds Health Delivery Services "Deteriorated" in African Countries Hard Hit By AIDS (July 6, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Progress Seen in Some African HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Programs, U.N. Special Envoy Says at World Economic Forum on Africa (June 12, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Why Expanding Global HIV Treatment Access May Face an Uncertain Future (February 8, 2009)
HIV treatment access has taken great strides in the developing world over the past several years, but significant obstacles lie ahead as we attempt to continue that trend, explains Alex Coutinho, M.D.
In The 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Up to 40 Percent of Africans Who Begin Taking HIV Meds Stop Taking Them, Study Finds (October 16, 2007)
In PLoS Medicine
- Providing the Providers -- Remedying Africa's Shortage of Health Care Workers (June 21, 2007)
International aid donors are finally addressing the dangerous shortage of health care workers in the developing world, according to an editorial by Pooja Kumar, M.D.
In New England Journal of Medicine
- Shortage of Health Care Workers Cripples HIV Treatment Projects in Africa (May 24, 2007)
From BBC News
- Slow but Promising Start for HIV Treatment Access in Africa, WHO Reports (December 7, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Stigma and the Limits of Antiretroviral Treatment (August 25, 2005)
As HIV treatment access spreads across the developing world, the need to address the psychological impact of HIV becomes more clear, writes Oni Blackstock, M.D.
In New England Journal of Medicine
- Global Good News: Treatment Access Doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia in Late 2004 (February 28, 2005)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- CDC Director Discusses HIV Care Priorities in Developing World (October 2004)
By Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In PLoS Medicine
- Why the Meds Should Wait: An African AIDS Advocate Speaks Out (July 15, 2004)
AIDS advocate and former African resident Colin Webb argues that we should not be trying to deliver life-saving HIV meds to Africa before the continent has an effective health infrastructure in place.
In International Herald Tribune
- Press Briefing with Joep Lange, M.D., and Dan Kuritzkes, M.D., on Concerns Regarding the Scale-Up of Antiretrovirals in Developing Countries (Summer 2004)
[Archived Article]
This briefing took place at the XV International AIDS Conference on July 15, 2004.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives
- Global Alliance Doubles Number of Africans on HIV Treatment (March 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- TB Is About People (October 2003)
[Archived Article]
A speech by Winstone Zulu, founding member of the Zambian Network of People Living with HIV.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- African HIV/AIDS Patients Show Better Adherence to Antiretroviral Drug Regimens Than U.S. Counterparts (September 3, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- AIDS in Africa "Greatest Challenge" to Health; WHO to Announce Antiretroviral Drug Program by Dec. 1, Report Says (September 2, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Researchers Concerned About Spread of Drug-Resistant HIV in Africa (September 2, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Antiretroviral Treatment in Developing Countries: The Peril of Neglecting Private Providers (August 2003)
[Archived Article]
Originally published in the June 21 issue of the British Medical Journal.
To read PDF, click here.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- African Countries Spurn Free AIDS Drug (July 17, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Africa: Problems Getting Antiretrovirals for Trials (May 30, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- UN Targeted on HIV Coverage Limits (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Gilead's Viread International Access Program (May 2003)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Nevirapine-Based Fixed-Dose Combination Antiretrovirals in Resource-Limited Settings (May 2003)
[Archived Article]
Excerpted from HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Glaxo Will Further Cut Prices of AIDS Drugs to Poor Nations (April 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- GlaxoSmithKline Pressed on AIDS Drug Issue (April 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Gilead Offers Tenofovir to Developing Countries at Cost (April 4, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Prevention vs. Treatment? (April 2003)
[Archived Article]
Myth: The best way to control AIDS in the developing world is to put all available resources into stronger prevention programs
A book excerpt from Global AIDS: Myths and Facts.
To read PDF, click here.
In Global AIDS: Myths and Facts, from South End Press
- Scientists: Africa Must Produce Its Own Drugs to Overcome Disease (March 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Global Treatment Update (December 2002)
Gilead strikes a deal with Africa on tenofovir; a new handbook for orgs looking to provide treatment.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Africa Bloc Wants to Produce Cheap AIDS Drugs (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Drugs for Africa Diverted to Europe (October 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Coke Announces Plan -- Pressure to Continue (October 2002)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Africa: Coke Boosts Attack on AIDS (September 27, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Drugs: "There Is No Alternative" (August 19, 2002)
African countries have no choice but to provide meds to their infected citizens, a World Health Organization official says.
From BBC News
- Private Sector Responses: Taking Care of Our Own (July/August 2002)
Why Heineken decided to offer anti-HIV medications to its East African employees and their families.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Breastfeeding Wrecks Short Course Anti-HIV Treatment for Babies (April 10, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Africa Unlocks Herbal Secrets to Fight AIDS (April 1, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Overwhelms Africa, Tests U.S. National Morality (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Comments on Problems in the Current Draft World Health Organization (WHO) Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines for Resource Limited Settings (March 2002)
[Archived Article]
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Doctors Demand Immediate Access to Antiretroviral Drugs in Africa (April 28, 2001)
In British Medical Journal
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