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The human cost of government failure.(UPDATE)(deciding not to implement antiretroviral treatment program)(Author abstract)(Report)
International Family Planning Perspectives
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December 01, 2008 |
Rosenberg, Jared |
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Hundreds of thousands of people died and tens of thousands of babies were born with HIV between 2000 and 2005 because the South African government in 1999 ignored scientific consensus and decided not to implement an antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program, according to an analysis of data from UNAIDS, WHO and South Africa's Health Department, as well as data from published clinical trials, meta-analyses and observational studies. (1) The estimated number of lives lost per year because of a lack of ARV treatment ranged from 5,400 in 2000 to 96,000 in 2004, totaling 334,000 deaths or 2.2 million life-years lost over the entire period. And as a consequence of not implementing a program to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), some 35,000 infants were born with HIV, resulting in an ...
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