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| Title: | Antiretroviral treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and prospects |
| Editors: | Fetene, Getnet Tizazu Mesfin, Rahel |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pages: | 215 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Addis Ababa |
| Publisher: | Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| ISBN: | 9994455702; 9789994455706 |
| Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Ethiopia Uganda Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | patients medicinal drugs AIDS health care |
| Abstract: | This volume focusses on antiretroviral treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa and includes the following subjects: quality of life of patients under ARV (antiretroviral) treatment; the link between the formal and informal HIV and AIDS treatment services; the supportive role of community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector; and scaling up ARV and governmental budgetary allocations, support programmes for increasing access to patients, and roles of organizations in SubSaharan Africa. The book contains eight chapters, organized into four sections, and has four themes: (1) Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and quality of life, (2) Adherence to ART, (3) traditional medicine and ART, and (4) Sexual behaviour of ART attendants. Contributors are: Getnet Tizazu Fetene; Sibhatu Biadgilign; Ayalu Aklilu; Francis Bajunirwe; Bereket Tarekegn; Woinishet Asnake Sisay; Abiy Ayalew Alemayehu; Joseph Wasswa-Matovu; Enock Mandizadza; Gordon Chavunduka; Shastry Njeru; Nathan Negussie; with concluding remarks by Getnet Tizazy Fetene and Rahel Mesfin. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
