HIV/AIDS Public Health
Brazilian program is a qualified success
Published in AIDS Weekly, June 23rd, 2003
"The Brazilian public health system has implemented free, universal access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for HIV-infected patients," researchers in New York explained.
"To evaluate this system," E.R. Carmody and colleagues at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine "performed a pilot study to determine whether ARVs were prescribed according to Brazilian guidelines in place in 2000, and whether prescriptions were refilled in a timely manner."
"Year 2000 data were abstracted from all medical and pharmacy records of adult patients first registered for HIV/AIDS care...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-06-23)
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