When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings
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When to start antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: a human rights analysis
BACKGROUND Recent evidence from developed and developing countries shows clear clinical and public health benefit to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. While discussions about when to start ART have often focused on the clinical risks and benefits, the main issue is one of fair limit-setting. We applied a human rights framework to assess a policy of early treatment initiation accord...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Internal Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0003-4819
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-3-200908040-00138