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Data for African countries on the total number of people on HIV treatment, the drug regimens used and the amount of international aid received.
From Integrated Regional Information Networks
Providing the Providers -- Remedying Africa's Shortage of Health Care Workers (June 21, 2007)
International aid donors are finally addressing the dangerous shortage of health care workers in the developing world, according to an editorial by Pooja Kumar, M.D.
In New England Journal of Medicine
Shortage of Health Care Workers Cripples HIV Treatment Projects in Africa (May 24, 2007)
From BBC News
Slow but Promising Start for HIV Treatment Access in Africa, WHO Reports (December 7, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From Treatment to Prevention: The Interplay Between HIV/AIDS Treatment Availability and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programming in Khayelitsha, South Africa (September 19, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Stigma and the Limits of Antiretroviral Treatment (August 25, 2005)
As HIV treatment access spreads across the developing world, the need to address the psychological impact of HIV becomes more clear, writes Oni Blackstock, M.D.
In New England Journal of Medicine
Zambia's Ministry of Health to Distribute Free Antiretrovirals to 100,000 HIV-Positive People (August 15, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Financial Times Examines Malawi's "Brain Drain" Crisis; Physicians for Human Rights Ad, Letter Highlight African Crisis (July 8, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Global Good News: Treatment Access Doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia in Late 2004 (February 28, 2005)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Examines CDC Clean Water Initiative That Uses Women's AIDS Groups to Distribute Products in Kenya (February 9, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
CDC Director Discusses HIV Care Priorities in Developing World (October 2004)
By Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In PLoS Medicine
Why the Meds Should Wait: An African AIDS Advocate Speaks Out (July 15, 2004)
AIDS advocate and former African resident Colin Webb argues that we should not be trying to deliver life-saving HIV meds to Africa before the continent has an effective health infrastructure in place.
In International Herald Tribune
U.S. Researcher Starts Treatment Fund in Uganda: Interview With David Bangsberg, M.D., M.P.H. (June 30, 2004)
A U.S. scientist in Uganda has created a fund that has so far secured five years of treatment for ten people.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Zimbabwe Drug Company May Be Africa's First to Produce Generic Antiretrovirals (June 9, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
"The World" Profiles Study Showing Benefits of Group Therapy Among Ugandans Affected by HIV/AIDS (March 26, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Global Alliance Doubles Number of Africans on HIV Treatment (March 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
TB Is About People (October 2003)
A speech by Winstone Zulu, founding member of the Zambian Network of People Living with HIV.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
African HIV/AIDS Patients Show Better Adherence to Antiretroviral Drug Regimens Than U.S. Counterparts (September 3, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS in Africa "Greatest Challenge" to Health; WHO to Announce Antiretroviral Drug Program by Dec. 1, Report Says (September 2, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Researchers Concerned About Spread of Drug-Resistant HIV in Africa (September 2, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Antiretroviral Treatment in Developing Countries: The Peril of Neglecting Private Providers (August 2003)
Originally published in the June 21 issue of the British Medical Journal.
To read PDF, click here
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
African Countries Spurn Free AIDS Drug (July 17, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First Lady Says Children's AIDS Clinic Shows "Real Face" of U.S. Compassion for Africa (July 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UN Targeted on HIV Coverage Limits (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scientists: Africa Must Produce Its Own Drugs to Overcome Disease (March 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Global Treatment Update (December 2002)
Gilead strikes a deal with Africa on tenofovir; a new handbook for orgs looking to provide treatment.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Africa Bloc Wants to Produce Cheap AIDS Drugs (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Drugs for Africa Diverted to Europe (October 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coke Announces Plan -- Pressure to Continue (October 2002)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Africa: Coke Boosts Attack on AIDS (September 27, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Drugs: "There Is No Alternative" (August 19, 2002)
African countries have no choice but to provide meds to their infected citizens, a World Health Organization official says.
From BBC News
Private Sector Responses: Taking Care of Our Own (July/August 2002)
Why Heineken decided to offer anti-HIV medications to its East African employees and their families.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Breastfeeding Wrecks Short Course Anti-HIV Treatment for Babies (April 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa Unlocks Herbal Secrets to Fight AIDS (April 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Overwhelms Africa, Tests U.S. National Morality (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Comments on Problems in the Current Draft World Health Organization (WHO) Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines for Resource Limited Settings (March 2002)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Doctors Demand Immediate Access to Antiretroviral Drugs in Africa (April 28, 2001)
In British Medical Journal

Other Africa

Charity Effort Leads Doctors to Rural Kenya (December 27, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clinton Foundation to Provide $38 Million to Kenya to Increase Treatment Access for HIV-Positive Children (October 17, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
System Uses Cell Phones to Bolster HIV/AIDS Care in Rwanda (March 6, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kenya Considered "Most Successful" of PEPFAR Programs AP/San Francisco Chronicle Reports (December 4, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Africa's Forgotten HIV Children (October 25, 2006)
In BBC News Online
At Least 30,000 Rwandan Children Need Antiretroviral Drugs (May 27, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chicago Tribune Profiles U.S. Physician Working With Women Infected With HIV Through Rape During 1994 Rwandan Genocide (May 24, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Poverty, Malnutrition Hinder Treatment for HIV-Infected in Zimbabwe (June 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uganda Begins Distributing Free Antiretroviral Drugs to 2,700 HIV-Positive People (June 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Mandatory Tests Bolster Botswana's War on AIDS (June 14, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Swaziland: Struggling AIDS Programs Rely on Volunteers (June 1, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mozambique Launches Pilot Program to Provide Free Antiretroviral Drugs to 8,000 People (May 24, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Botswana Says Critics of Routine HIV Testing Are Hindering HIV Treatment Efforts (May 11, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U. Alabama-Birmingham Mobilizes for Zambia AIDS Project (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rwandan Women Infected With HIV Through Rape During 1994 Genocide Ask U.S. for Help Obtaining Drugs (April 6, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Mozambique, Global Fund Sign Four Grant Agreements Totaling $51 Million Over Two Years (April 5, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
International Health Officials in Botswana Begin Discussions About Low-Cost Generic Antiretroviral Drugs (March 30, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Nigeria's AIDS Program Said Back on Track (March 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Senior U.S. Treasury Official Visits Clinic for AIDS Victims in Rwanda to Assess Projects Funded by Grants (March 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uganda -- Takin' it to the People (Spring 2004)
A member of The AIDS Support Organization in Kampala, Uganda explains how his group plans to spread HIV treatment to rural areas.
In Resolute!, from PWA Coalition Colorado
More Mozambicans Infected With HIV to Be Treated With Antiretroviral Drugs (January 27, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States to Provide $66M to Zambia This Year for Fight Against HIV/AIDS, U.S. Ambassador Says (January 27, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Ghana Begins Antiretroviral Treatment Distribution (January 26, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Zambia to Add 100,000 Patients to HIV Treatment Program (January 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Group Therapy Can Help Treat Depression Among HIV/AIDS Patients, Uganda Study Says (January 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
WTO Accepts Rules Limiting Medicine Exports to Poor Countries (September 12, 2003)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
World Bank Releases Funds for Zambia's AIDS Project (August 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Advocates Disappointed by Team Members Appointed to Help South Africa Develop National Antiretroviral Drug Plan (August 28, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Zambian Government Implements Criteria for Distribution of Free Antiretroviral Drugs (August 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kenya to Receive Delayed Global Fund Grant After Issues Regarding Nongovernmental Groups Resolved (August 18, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Clinic Opens in Remote Area of Botswana (August 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ethiopian AIDS Research Center May Be Forced to Close Because of Withdrawal of Funding by Dutch Government (August 11, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Wrangle Delays $91 Million Package to Fight HIV/AIDS in Cote d'Ivoire (August 1, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anti-AIDS Business Coalitions From 14 African Countries Meet in Zambia (July 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. News & World Report Profiles Botswana HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention Program (July 18, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Fight Against AIDS in Nigeria Taking Root at Baltimore Institute (July 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uganda, Botswana Only African Countries Participating in Boehringer Ingelheim Free Antiretroviral Drug Program (July 15, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Botswana Has Knowledge, Funds, but Woefully Behind in AIDS Treatments (July 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mozambique Adopts New AIDS Strategy (July 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Health Care Center Opened for Children With AIDS in Botswana (June 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zambia: Union of Communication Workers Members to Receive Antiretrovirals (June 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa AIDS Conference to Be Held in Nairobi in September: Official (June 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ugandan Government to Provide Free Anti-AIDS Drugs (June 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stigma Hampers Effort to Get Free AIDS Drugs to Infected in Botswana (June 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa: Problems Getting Antiretrovirals for Trials (May 30, 2003)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Zimbabwe: Organization to Push for Holistic Treatment of AIDS (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Government Fight Against AIDS Sees Results in Botswana (May 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brazil Keen on AIDS Drug Plant in Mozambique (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Glaxo Will Further Cut Prices of AIDS Drugs to Poor Nations (April 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Namibia Welcomes Price Cuts for Antiretrovirals (April 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa: AIDS Activists Intensify Campaign for Free Antiretroviral Drugs (April 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ethiopia, South Africa Receive UN Help for Treatment Access (April 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
GlaxoSmithKline Pressed on AIDS Drug Issue (April 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gilead Offers Tenofovir to Developing Countries at Cost (April 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prevention vs. Treatment? (April 2003)
Myth: The best way to control AIDS in the developing world is to put all available resources into stronger prevention programs
A book excerpt from Global AIDS: Myths and Facts.
To read PDF, click here
In Global AIDS: Myths and Facts, from South End Press
Kenya: TB Patients to Get Free Treatment (March 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Treatment in Democratic Republic of Congo Well Short of UN Standards (March 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africans Battling AIDS, a Song at a Time (December 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ethiopia Ready to Start Nevirapine Trials for AIDS Treatment (November 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Huge AIDS Grant Gives New Hope to South Africa Families (October 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ugandan Health Minister Muhwezi Eyes Cuba for HIV/AIDS Drugs (October 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Senegal's President Sacks Head of Aid Group for Allegedly Trafficking Cheap AIDS Drugs (October 16, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Botswana's High-Stakes Assault on AIDS (October 2002)
Reprinted from Africa Recovery, a United Nations publication.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Global Treatment Update (September 2002)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Cameroon Lowers Anti-AIDS Drug Prices (August 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zambia to Benefit From AIDS Testing Kits From Swiss Company (July 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Assessment of a Pilot Antiretroviral Drug Therapy Programme in Uganda: Patients' Response, Survival, and Drug Resistance (July 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwe Acts to Obtain AIDS Drugs at Low Prices (June 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwe Lifts Restrictions on AIDS Drugs (May 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Drugs Trials Win Mixed Reception as Nigeria Fears Epidemic (May 28, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya to Offer Free Drug to Combat Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (May 28, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Angola Adopts Program to Provide Antiretrovirals to AIDS Patients (April 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bristol-Myers Says AIDS Drugs Ran Out in Kenya (April 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Botswana President Says He Had No Choice but to Give His People AIDS Medicine (April 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigeria Releases Fund to Fight AIDS (April 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gates Grants Nigeria $260,000 to Fight HIV/AIDS (March 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Fight AIDS (March 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South African Court Case -- Documents on the Web (May 11, 2001)
To read PDF, click here
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Glaxo Guts Ghana's Import of Generic Combivir and Prepares for Battle (December 2000)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Nutrition and HIV Infection: Experience in Zimbabwe -- Interview With Lynde Francis (November 17, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News

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