Patient information to support adherence to HIV/AIDS therapy: the experience in South Africa

• In: G7 - HIV/AIDS: With improved access to medications, now what? Models to assure adherence and positive outcomes and associated information needs on Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 14:00-17:00
• At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
• Type: Presentation
• By: DOWSE, Ros (Rhodes University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Grahamstown, South Africa)
• Abstract:

  In South Africa it is estimated that about 5 million people (11% of the total population) are infected with HIV with, conservatively, about half a million of these currently in need of antiretroviral therapy. High adherence to antiretroviral therapy exceeding 95% is an essential component for treatment success. Achieving and then sustaining such

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