AIDS Therapies

Program To Combat Disease In Poorest Nations

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 6th, 2001

What began as a small crusade to provide HIV positive patients with leftover and discarded treatments has grown into a full-scale program for providing treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in 14 of the poorest African and Caribbean nations, according to AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International (AIDSETI).

With pilot funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, UNAIDS, and Merck & Co., the group will employ a case management approach to treating HIV/AIDS, an approach that has a proven track record in the United States and Europe. In the 1980s, clinics in major U.S. urban areas hard hit by the AIDS crisis began providing a full range of medical and social services to...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-08-06)

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