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Strategies for the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa through health system optimization
Barker PM, McCannon CJ, Mehta N, Green C, Youngleson MS, Yarrow J, Bennett B, Berwick DM. Strategies for the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa through health system optimization. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2007 Dec;196(S3):S457-S463.

There is a need for additional approaches to spread effective interventions for treating persons with AIDS that can leverage existing resources and the much-needed infusions of new resources. This article describes one such approach — applied in several forms in South Africa — that aims to significantly increase the number of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.



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