Provision of antiretroviral therapy to children within the public sector of South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 905-911

  Bock, Peter ^a,b   Boulle, Andrew ^a   White, Catherine ^b   Osler, Meg ^b   Eley, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral therapy; Children; Monitoring; Outcome assessment; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 48349084332     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Arrivé, E., Marquis, B., Tumwesigye, N., Cotton, M., Holland, M., Renner, L., Aveika, A., Valériane, L., Mbori-Ngacha, D., Dabis F., 2007. Response to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in children in sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of clinical databases: the KIDS-ART-LINC collaboration, in: 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; 25-28 February 2007; Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2. Department of Health of South Africa, 2003. Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment Plan for South Africa, 19 November 2003. http://www.doh.gov.za [accessed 16 May 2007].
3. Department of Health of South Africa, 2005. Guidelines for the Management of HIV-Infected Children. http://www.doh.gov.za [accessed 16 May 2007].
4. Dorrington, R., Johnson, L.F., Bradshaw, D., Daniel, T., 2006. The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa-national and provincial indicators for 2006. Cape Town Centre for Actuarial Research. South African Medical Research Council and Actuarial Society of South Africa. http://www.mrc.ac.za/bod [accessed 23 March 2007].
5. Eley B., Davies M.A., Apolles P., Cowburn C., Buys H., Zampoli M., Finlayson H., King S., and Nuttall J. Antiretroviral treatment for children. S. Afr. Med. J. 96 (2006) 988-993
6. Gilks C.F., Crowley S., Ekpini R., Gove S., Perriens J., Souteyrand Y., Sutherland D., Vitoria M., Guerma T., and De Cock K. The WHO public-health approach to antiretroviral treatment against HIV in resource-limited settings. Lancet 368 (2006) 505-510
7. Glencross D., Scott L.E., Jani I.V., Barnett D., and Janossy G. CD45-assisted PanLeucogating for accurate cost-effective dual-platform CD4+ T-cell enumeration. Cytometry 50 (2002) 69-77
8. Marazzi M.C., Germano P., Liotta G., Buonomo E., Guidotti G., and Palombi L. Pediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy in Mozambique: an integrated model of care. Minerva Pediatr. 58 (2006) 483-490
9. Nyandiko W.M., Ayaya S., Nabakwe E., Tenge C., Sidle J.E., Yiannoutsos C.T., Musick B., Wools-Kaloustian K., and Tierney W.M. Outcomes of HIV-infected orphaned and non-orphaned children on antiretroviral therapy in Western Kenya. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 43 (2006) 418-425
10. O'Brien D.P., Sauvageot D., Zachariah R., and Humblet P. In resource-limited settings good early outcomes can be achieved in children using adult fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 20 (2006) 1955-1960
11. Provincial Government of the Western Cape, 2002. Western Cape Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Protocol. http://www.capegateway.gov.za/Text/2004/11/mtct_full_doc.pdf [accessed 16 May 2007].
12. Provincial Government of the Western Cape, 2004. Antiretroviral Treatment Protocol, version 2. http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/epi/artrollout/ [accessed 16 May 2007].
13. Reddi A., Leeper S.C., Grobler A.C., Geddes R., France K.H., Dorse G.L., Vlok W.J., Mntambo M., Thomas M., Nixon K., Holst H.L., Karim Q.A., Rollins N.C., Coovadia H.M., and Giddy J. Preliminary outcomes of a paediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy cohort from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Pediatr. 7 (2007) 13
14. Rouet F., Fassinou P., Inwoley A., Anaky M.F., Kouakoussui A., Rouzioux C., Blanche S., and Msellati P. Long-term survival and immuno-virological response of African HIV-1-infected children to highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens. AIDS 20 (2006) 2315-2319
15. Statistics South Africa, 2006. Mid-Year Population Estimates, South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za [accessed 20 April 2007].
16. The Malawi Paediatric Antiretroviral Treatment Group. Antiretroviral therapy for children in the routine setting in Malawi. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 101 (2007) 511-516
17. Thomas, S., Muirhead, D., 2002. National Health Accounts Project, Public Sector Report in Health. Department of Health South Africa. http://www.doh.gov.za [accessed 5 June 2007].
18. UNICEF. The Global Campaign on Children and AIDS: unite for children, unite against AIDS (2005), United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY
19. UNICEF, 2007. Joint press release: Access to HIV therapy grew significantly in 2006, but significant obstacles remain to approaching universal access to HIV services. United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_39392.html [accessed 16 May 2007].
20. van Rossum A.M.C., Fraaij P.L.A., and De Groot R. Efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected children. Lancet Infect. Dis. 2 (2002) 93-102
21. Wamalwa D.C., Farquhar C., Obimbo E.M., Selig S., Mbori-Ngacha D.A., Richardson B.A., Overbaugh J., Emery S., Wariua G., Gichuhi C., Bosire R., and John-Stewart G. Early response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected Kenyan children. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 45 (2007) 311-317
22. WHO, 1998. District Health Facilities: Guidelines for Development, part I: the district hospital. World Health Organization, Geneva. http://www.who.int [accessed June 2007].
23. WHO, 2006a. Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV Infection in Infants and Children in Resource-limited Settings: towards universal access. Recommendations for a public health approach. World Health Organization, Geneva. http://www.who.int [accessed 19 August 2006].
24. WHO, 2006b. Patient Monitoring Guidelines for HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). World Health Organization, Geneva. http://www.who.int [accessed 19 August 2006].