Open AccessFree Antiretrovirals Must Not Be Restricted Only to Treatment-Naive Patients
Author(s) -
Robert Colebunders,
Moses R. Kamya,
Fred Semitala,
Barbara Castelnuovo,
Elly Katabira,
Keith McAdam
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020276
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , antiretroviral treatment , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , private sector , antiretroviral therapy , economic growth , viral load , economics
In some antiretroviral drug distribution programmes, free drugs are provided only, or preferentially, to patients who are treatment-naive. Colebunders and colleagues argue that such a restricted policy is highly problematic.
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