Open AccessCharacteristics of HIV Care and Treatment in PEPFAR-Supported Sites
Author(s) -
Scott Filler,
Andrés A. Berruti,
Nick Menzies,
Rick Berzon,
Tedd V. Ellerbrock,
Robert Ferris,
John M. Blandford
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3182158980
Subject(s) - staffing , medicine , intervention (counseling) , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , service delivery framework , family medicine , emergency medicine , service (business) , nursing , economy , economics
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported the extension of HIV care and treatment to 2.4 million individuals as of September 2009. With increasing resources targeted toward rapid scale-up, it is important to understand the characteristics of current PEPFAR-supported HIV care and treatment sites.