Rationing antiretroviral therapy in Africa--treating too few, too late

N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 30;360(18):1808-10. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0902820.

Authors

Nathan Ford¹, Edward Mills, Alexandra Calmy

Affiliation

¹ Medical unit, Médecins sans Frontières, and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 19403900
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0902820

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adenine / analogs & derivatives
Adenine / economics
Adenine / therapeutic use
Africa
Anti-Retroviral Agents / adverse effects
Anti-Retroviral Agents / economics
Anti-Retroviral Agents / supply & distribution
Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Developing Countries
Drug Administration Schedule
HIV Infections / drug therapy*
Health Care Rationing*
Humans
Organophosphonates / economics
Organophosphonates / therapeutic use
Stavudine / adverse effects
Tenofovir
Viral Load

Substances

Anti-Retroviral Agents
Organophosphonates
Tenofovir
Stavudine
Adenine