Obstacles and Opportunities to Improve Antiretroviral Regimen Access in Low-Income Countries
In: Current HIV/AIDS Reports, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 161-167
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In: Current HIV/AIDS Reports, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 161-167
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In: Journal of the International AIDS Society, Band 20, Heft S6
ISSN: 1758-2652
In: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), Band 58, Heft 3, S. 229-232
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In: Journal of the International AIDS Society, Band 19, Heft 1
ISSN: 1758-2652
In: Global Public Health, Band 6, Heft 7, S. 687-702
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In: Health and Human Rights Journal, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 76-90
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In: Health and Human Rights, Band 17, Heft 1
Recent years have seen significant advances in the science of using antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) to fight HIV. Where not long ago ARVs were used late in disease to prevent sick people from dying, today people living with HIV can use ARVs to achieve viral suppression early in the course of disease. This article reviews the mounting new scientific evidence of major clinical and prevention ARV benefits. This has changed the logic of the AIDS response, eliminating competition between 'treatment' and 'prevention' and encouraging early initiation of treatment for individual and public health benefit. These breakthroughs have implications for the health-related human rights duties of States. With medical advance, the 'highest attainable standard' of health has taken a leap, and with it the rights obligations of States. We argue that access to early treatment for all is now a core State obligation and restricting access to, or failing to provide accurate information about, it violates both individual and collective rights. In a context of real political and technical challenges, however, in this article we review the policy implications of evolving human rights obligations given the new science. National and international legal standards require action on budget, health and intellectual property policy, which we outline. Adapted from the source document.
In: Health and Human Rights, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 76
ISSN: 1079-0969
In: The Lancet, Band 387, Heft 10015, S. 296-307
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In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization: the international journal of public health = Bulletin de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Band 99, Heft 4, S. 287-295
ISSN: 1564-0604