Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Good Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Uganda

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Good Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Uganda

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4 December 2006

PAUL WEIDLE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta REFERENCE: Lancet 2006; 368:1587-94 In rural sub-Saharan Africa there are many barriers to taking antiretroviral therapy successfully.

Paul Weidle

PAUL WEIDLE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

REFERENCE: Lancet 2006;368:1587-94In rural sub-Saharan Africa there are many barriers to taking antiretroviral therapy successfully. However, a new study in the Lancet shows that these barriers can be overcome with home-based AIDS care programmes. Derek Thorne got more fromPaul Weidleof the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.