Gains in access to antiretroviral treatment come with some costs

In this week's PLoS Medicine magazine, Yibeltal Assefa, from the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office in Addis Ababa, and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) across Ethiopia. They report remarkable achievements in expansion of access to ART and to HIV counselling and testing (HCT), while managing to maintain the performance of other health programs such as tuberculosis and maternal and child health services. Task shifting to the health officers and health extension workers is thought to be responsible for these successes, say the authors...

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