Introduction

José M. Zuniga; Alan Whiteside; Amin Ghaziani; John G. Bartlett

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199225859.003.0001

Introduction

José M. Zuniga, Alan Whiteside, Amin Ghaziani, John G. Bartlett

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Abstract

This chapter begins with a brief history of the emergence of AIDS and HIV. It then discusses the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It argues that in twenty-five years since the first report of HIV, the effect of HAART to improve the prognosis of HIV-infected patients has not reached far beyond the industrialized world, despite recent political will, an influx of resources and bilateral and international efforts. The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care's (IAPAC) historic symposium in 2006 entitled, 'Decade of HAART', from which this book of based, is described.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	A Decade of HAART
Subtitle of host publication	The Development and Global Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191723834
ISBN (Print)	9780199225859
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199225859.003.0001
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

Keywords

AIDS
HAART
HIV
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
IAPAC

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Medicine(all)

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