Rapid scale-up of antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: successes and system-wide effects

PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 28;6(4):e1000056. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000056. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

Abstract

Yibeltal Assefa and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment across Ethiopia, including its impact on other health programs and the country's human resources for health.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Counseling
  • Ethiopia
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Preventive Health Services
  • Public Health*
  • Workforce

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents