Scaling up HIV treatment in Peru: applying lessons from DOTS-Plus.
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic)
; 5(4): 137-42, 2006 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17101805
Many countries with financial support for HIV treatment experience delays in scale-up because of bureaucratic, operational, and technical obstacles. The authors describe the Peruvian National HIV Program's response to such challenges. A team of consultants experienced in the scale-up of the Peruvian national program to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis worked with the national HIV program to identify and address key factors contributing to slow enrollment of HIV patients into the antiretroviral treatment program. The rate of enrollment into the antiretroviral treatment program increased from 124 patients/month in the first 9 months of the program to 226 patients/month in the last 7 months, an increase of 83%. This strategy achieved 38.5% coverage of the population in need. Effective programmatic expansion of the Peruvian National HIV Program was facilitated by a multidisciplinary collaboration in a systematized effort to overcome barriers to scale-up.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviços Preventivos de Saúde
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Infecções por HIV
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Atenção à Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Implementation_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic)
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Peru
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos