HIV/AIDS Treatment Communication
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Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Access to Treatment and Care: Haiti Experience (2003)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of Partners in Health, a non-profit charity affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and its Haitian sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, to deliver antiretroviral therapy in Haiti."
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An Approach to Evaluating HAART Utilization and Outcomes in CARE Act-Funded Clinics (2000)
This report describes a relatively low-cost method of evaluating the outcomes of HIV-related primary care, specifically the therapeutic benefits and resource requirements of implementing HAART.
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Anti-Retroviral Therapy in South Africa: A Pocket Guide on the Prevention and Management of Side Effects and Drug Interactions (2004)
This is a pocket reference guide on ART.
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Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults and Adolescents (2003)
"Cards detail all currently approved antiretroviral medications for adult and pediatric use and highlight prescribing, side effect, and adherence information."
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AntiRetroviral Therapy in Adults: Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Treatment Guidelines on ARV Treatment (2001)
"Booklet for clinicians on key ARV issues, including goals of therapy, standards of care, ARV agents, side effects, lab monitoring and changing therapy."
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Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Khayelitsha Programme in South Africa: Case study (2003)
"The Khayelitsha ARV treatment project was initiated to demonstrate that treating HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in a primary health care setting and in a resource-limited environment is feasible and replicable. In addition, it aimed to prove that developing countries can provide affordable HIV/AIDS care with low-cost ARV drugs. After two years, the program has produced invaluable lessons, which are outlined in this paper."
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Antiretroviral Therapy is Primary Health Care: Experience of the Chiradzulu Programme in Malawi (2004)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes a program in Malawi run by MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors without Borders) . It outlines the ways in which MSF and the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) have sought to simplify treatment and diagnosis and to modify the delivery of care in order to increase the number of patients benefiting from ART."
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Antiretroviral Treatment Policy for Uganda (2003)
This sets out Uganda's national policy on when and how to use ART.
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Antiretroviral Treatment Protocol (2003)
Clinical guidelines for use of ART.
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Approaches to the Management of HIV/AIDS in Cuba (2004)
Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes Cuba's work on HIV and AIDS. Cuba is one of the few developing countries to provide comprehensive health care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Key to its success has been the political will to act and not wait for external assistance. Their HIV/AIDS program is based on a comprehensive health care system that has facilitated good control over blood transfusion and blood products as well as prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
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Australian Antiretroviral Guidelines (2001)
Australia's guidelines for use of ART.
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British HIV Association Guidelines for the Treatment of HIV-Infected Adults with Antiretroviral Therapy (2005)
"The adult treatment guidelines include recommendations on initial regimens, changing or stopping therapy, resistance testing, therapeutic drug monitoring, and management of adverse events."
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Clinical Management of the HIV-Infected Adult: A Manual For Midlevel Clinicians (2003)
263-page manual covers broad range of primary care topics and HIV specialty care.
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Clinical treatment guide to HIV infection in children (2004)
This is a guide to therapy of children with HIV.
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Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda (2005)
FHI and its partners have learned valuable lessons that can guide development and expansion of ART services in Africa and other regions. Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda presents many of these, along with strategies, challenges and key recommendations. Comments by national and community leaders, providers and patients appear throughout the text to give readers a sense of the programs as they progressed.
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Developing HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines (1999)
This summarizes the principles and process for developing HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines.
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Early Diagnosis and Care of HIV Infected Children (2003)
This reports on the results of a workshop held in Kampala, Uganda. It outlines the workshop activities as well as the participant recommendations.
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European Guidelines for the Clinical Management and Treatment of HIV Infected Adults in Europe (2001)
Guidelines on ART for the European medical community.
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Expanding Antiretroviral Treatment in Developing Countries Creates Critical New Challenges (2002)
"This paper examines the downstream implications of the new commitment to provide ART to PLHA in developing countries. Specifically, what new challenges are likely to emanate from expanded treatment programs that reach large numbers of PLHA? And what policy and programmatic innovations will be needed to address these challenges?"
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Exploring Current Practices in Paediatric Antiretroviral Roll-out and Integration with Early Childhood Programmes in South Africa: A rapid situational analysis (2005)
Describes the key findings from a research study that aimed to identify successful programme strategies in pediatric HIV treatment in South Africa and determine priority knowledge gaps to be addressed by operations research.
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Facilitators' Guide for Needs Assessments on Access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment - a resource to support the development of a practical toolkit for NGOs, CBOs and PLWHA groups (1998)
Assessment tools, questionnaires for assessing treatment needs of PLHA.
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Ghana: Preparing for the Management of Antiretroviral Drugs (2003)
"Eighty people from public and private sector organizations were interviewed. Sites visited were preparing to or already implementing ART, designated for ART initiation, already using ARVs for PMTCT, and/or selected as CMS/PAI ART initiative sites. The primary recommendations resulting from this assessment are listed. A full discussion of each recommendation can be found in the section on Conclusions and Recommendations."
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Guidance on Ethics and Equitable Access to HIV Treatment and Care (2004)
"The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for government officials, program managers at various levels, community-based and nongovernmental organizations, groups of people living with HIV, international organizations and donor agencies."
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Guideline for Implementation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia (2005)
"This resource was developed to guide the implementation of the National ART Program in Ethiopia. It is intended to harmonize and standardize all related programs, including training, health management information systems, diagnostics, prevention, care, and support."
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Guidelines for Anti-Retroviral Therapy (Namibia) (2003)
The government of Namibia created this document to help guide clinicians in administering ART.
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Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection (2005)
"This report addresses the pediatric-specific issues associated with antiretroviral treatment and provides guidelines to health care providers caring for infected infants, children, and adolescents."
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Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection (2005)
"This report addresses the pediatric-specific issues associated with antiretroviral treatment and provides guidelines to health care providers caring for infected infants, children, and adolescents."
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Guidelines for the use of ARV agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents. (2003)
Chapters address initiating therapy; recommended ARV regimens; special considerations in regimen selection; and management of treatment experienced patients.
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Handbook on Paediatric AIDS in Africa (2005)
"This handbook is intended to provide a simple, accessible, and practical resource for health professionals involved in preventing infection and caring for children infected and affected by HIV. The primary targets are medical students and their lecturers, nurses, clinicians, community health workers, and other service providers in resource-poor settings where there is a significant HIV/AIDS burden. The handbook may be adapted by users in various countries to meet their specific needs."
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Herramienta para Diagnosticar el Grado de Preparacion Establecimientos del Programa para Iniciar Terapias de retrovirales (2003)
"Written in Spanish, this tool is designed to determine the degree of site preparedness to begin antiretroviral therapy. Establishments can use it to self-evaluate as well, identify areas where they require technical assistance or where they can serve as a resource to other programs. Six programs areas are evaluated to determine readiness for ART: Programming and leadership, service and clinical attention, management and evaluation, human resource capacity, lab capacity, and the acquisition and administration of medicine."
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HIV Antiretroviral Dosing Chart (2004)
"Includes adult dosing and dosage forms, dose adjustment information, diet, special considerations, and adverse effects. Printable on two standard (8.5"" x 11"") pages."
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HIV Clinical Resource
This site is a collaborative effort between the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
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HIV/AIDS Medicines and Related Supplies: Contemporary Context and Procurement - Technical Guide (2004)
"This manual on procurement of HIV/AIDS medicines and supplies is meant to guide implementing agencies and donors. It adapts the World Bank guidelines on the procurement of health goods to the HIV/AIDS context, and sets out principles and guidance to ensure such procurements fit within a well-functioning supply management system."
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Improving AIDS Treatment Programs The Horizons Report (2004)
"Describes operations research in Thailand—which has an established HAART program—and Kenya, where treatment programs are still in their infancy. Critical treatment issues are a focus—adherence, protective behavior, monitoring and follow-up, and more, as well as the research approaches needed to better understand how to solve treatment-related problems."
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Integrating Prevention and Care into Maternal and Child Health Care Settings: Lessons Learned from Horizons Studies (2002)
"Horizons has undertaken a range of operations research efforts that examine the integration of HIV-related care in the maternal-child health (MCH) setting. At a workshop held in Kenya in 2001, participants discussed the experience to date and formulated practical strategies for improving this integration. This report summarizes that discussion."
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International Treatment Guidelines
"International treatment guidelines organized by country, region and world. Also includes country-specific reports."
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Introducing Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on a Large Scale: Hope and Caution (2002)
"This paper provides program planning and management guidance to resource-limited countries that seek to implement expanded ART services. It includes specific guidance on setting criteria for receiving ART and deciding on treatment protocols, laboratory, clinical, counseling and pharmaceutical services. In addition, it includes guidance for estimating program costs, human resources and training requirements, and examples of communication messages specific to ART programs. It suggests components for a national ART program and topics for key operations research requirements specific to resource-limited countries."
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Introducing ARVs in resource-poor settings: expected and unexpected challenges and consequences
This paper presents the experience of an integrated HIV prevention and care project in rural Haiti in order to explore the challenges to national AIDS programs and other bodies in the “least developed” countries as more resources are made available for HIV prevention and care.
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Ithembalabantu People's Hope Clinic (2003)
"Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of an HIV/AIDS treatment and care clinic in South Africa. The clinic treats about 100 clients and has had an adherence rate of >95%."
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National AIDS Programmes: A Guide to Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating National Antiretroviral Programmes (2005)
This manual provides guidance on indicators relevant to M&E in national programs for the scaling up of access to ART for PLHA.
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National Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines (2004)
South Africa's guidelines for ART.
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National ARV Treatment and Care Guidelines for Adults and Children (Uganda) (2003)
These guidelines were developed to standardize the delivery of ART.
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National Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy (Nepal) (2003)
These are guidelines for clinicians who use ARV therapy with PLHA.
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Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment for South Africa (2003)
This plan presents various options and choices to South Africans for treatment and care of HIV/AIDS. It is the product of a task force of experts and the Ministry of Health and is comprehensive, covering topics ranging from traditional medicines to social mobilization of communities to human resource management.
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Paediatric ARV Roll-out in South Africa: Report on a Consultative Workshop. (2005)
"Discusses the status of providing antiretroviral therapy to children in South Africa, gaps in service delivery, and strategies to expand and improve services. The report summarizes key findings from a meeting of expert practitioners and stakeholders."
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Pediatric HIV Infection and AIDS (2002)
"This document provides basic information on HIV infection in children, including an overview of the problem, PMTCT and how to reduce the impact of HIV on children."
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PENTA Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Therapy (2004)
These are guidelines for the use of ARTs in children and adolescents.
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PENTA Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Therapy (2004)
These are guidelines for the use of ARTs in children and adolescents.
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Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment (2005)
Quick reference by John G. Bartlett, M.D. for antiretroviral drugs, antiretroviral therapy, opportunistic infections, and related issues.
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Recommendations for anti-retroviral therapy in adults and adolescents infected with HIV (2004)
"This document sets out technical recommendations on the use of anti-retroviral medications and also attempts to facilitate the logistics of planning, acquisition, distribution, and control of ARTs so as to guarantee that there are not interruptions in patient treatment."
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Recommendations on the Management of HIV Infection in Infants and Children (Hong Kong) (2002)
Provides recommendations for clinicians on how to manage and treat HIV-infected children.
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Recreational Drugs and HIV Antivirals: A guide to interactions for clinicians (2002)
Pocket reference with interaction and patient education information. The data in this guide is intended for use by clinicians and other health care providers to provide advice that may reduce harm to patients who use these substances in conjunction with antiretroviral agents. The data in this guide is a compilation of information obtained from published and anecdotal studies as of September 2002.
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Safe and effective use of antiretroviral treatments in adults - with particular references to resource limited settings (2000)
"In section one, the principles behind current use of antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection are outlined. This section refers to existing international recommendations. In section two of this guide, some national ART programmes and some pilot initiatives from six low and middle income countries are described. In section three, discussions and recommendations on the use of antiretroviral drugs in resource limited settings, for the treatment of HIV-1 infection, are presented. "
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Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: WHO treatment guidelines for a public health approach. (2003)
"Clinical manual. Recommends first and second line ARV regimens for adults and youth; considerations for specific categories of patients (pregnant women, children, IV drug users); and addresses adherence and resistance."
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Scaling up Antiretroviral therapy: Ugandan experience (2003)
This is a draft report of case study on the Ugandan experience of ART scale-up.
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Standard Operating Procedures for Antiretroviral Therapy (2004)
"This guide describes processes and provides instructions to maximize ART service delivery in accordance with the relevant national guidelines. It guides clinicians in providing ART to HIV-infected clients and in evaluating performance, thereby serving as a quality assurance tool for management. This series of protocols includes psections on procedures for providing ART to adults and adolescents, adherence counseling and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)."
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Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmaceutical Services (2003)
"This is a draft of SOPs prepared to integrate ART programs into the existing health care systems, specifically related to HIV/AIDS. This manual intends to provide a guideline for the accessibility of safe and efficient ART."
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The Cost of Antiretroviral Treatment in Zambia (2003)
"This report analyzes the costs and resource requirements associated with the provision of ARV therapy in the public health sector in Zambia. It provides per-patient cost estimates for highly active anti-retroviral therapy, VCT, several opportunistic infections, and PMTCT services. These per-patient cost estimates are used to project total program costs, which are then compared to currently budgeted resources with an emphasis on financial sustainability. The report also explores a range of policy issues"
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The Lighthouse: A center for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi (2003)
Part of a series of case studies on ART, this document describes the work of The Lighthouse Trust in Malawi. It was established in 2001 to provide a continuum of quality care and counseling as well as to improve the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV in Lilongwe.
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The Use of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Simplified Approach for Resource Constrained Countries (2002)
The WHO South-East Asia Regional Office has developed guidelines for The Use of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Simplified Approach for Resource-Constrained Countries and Fact Sheets on Antiretroviral Drugs. There are wide variations among member countries in the availability of resources and health infrastructures. It is hoped that these guidelines will provide a model to assist countries in the region to formulate national antiretroviral treatment guidelines according to their own needs and resources.
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The World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria for all of the contraceptive methods (2004)
Reviews the medical eligibility criteria for selecting contraceptive methods. It includes ART as one of the conditions that providers can look up when assessing a woman's eligibility to use contraception.
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Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and Infected Children (2004)
This report provides guidance on the treatment of opportunistic infections that are common in HIV-exposed and HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents in the United States. Because the guidelines are targeted to the United States, the opportunistic pathogens discussed are those common to children in the United States and do not include certain pathogens that might be seen more frequently in resource-poor countries. The document provides information about the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment for each pathogen.
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