Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Efforts to secure universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment: A comparison of BRICS countries
Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, Volume 7, No. 1, Year 2014
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
This article illustrates how the BRICS countries have been building their focused leadership, making important high level commitment and national policy changes, and improving their health systems, in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemics in respective settings. Specific aspects are focused on efforts of creating public provisions to secure universal access to ARVs from the aspects of active responsive system and national program, health system strengthening, fostering local production of ARVs, supply chain management, and information system strengthening. Challenges in each BRICS country are analyzed respectively. The most important contributors to the success of response to HIV/AIDS include: creating legal basis for healthcare as a fundamental human right; political commitment to necessary funding for universal access and concrete actions to secure equal quality care; comprehensive system to secure demands that all people in need are capable of accessing prevention, treatment and care; active community involvement; decentralization of the management system considering the local settings; integration of treatment and prevention; taking horizontal approach to strengthen health systems; fully use of the TRIPS flexibility; and regular monitoring and evaluation to serve evidence based decision making. © 2013 Chinese Cochrane Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sun, Jing
China
Pharmaceutical Policy Res. Theme Group Leader of International Network for Rational use of Drugs
Boing, Alexandra Crispim
Brazil, Florianopolis
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Silveira, Marysabel P.T.
Brazil, Pelotas
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Bertoldi, Andréa Daˆmaso
Brazil, Pelotas
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Ziganshina, Liliya Eugenevna
Russian Federation, Kazan
Kazan Federal University
Khaziakhmetova, Veronica N.
Russian Federation, Kazan
Kazan Federal University
Khamidulina, Rashida M.
Russian Federation, Kazan
Kazan Federal University
Chokshi, Maulik R.
India
Public Health Foundation
McGee, Shelley Ann Marion
Unknown Affiliation
Suleman, Fatima
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/jebm.12081
ISSN:
17565383
e-ISSN:
17565391
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases