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Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina
An Assessment of the National Health Response
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Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina
An Assessment of the National Health Response
About this book
The 1992 creation of the National HIV/AIDS Program was a fundamental step for Argentina to reach the second lowest burden of HIV/AIDS in South America. From 2000 to 2010, Argentina further reduced the already low HIV/AIDS incidence of 15.9 per 100,000 by 25 percent and reduced the burden by 21 percent. This study analyzes the national and inter-provincial burden of disease, the demographics of new HIV cases, the demand and supply-sides of service delivery, and conducts a cost-benefit analysis of the National HIV/AIDS Program over the last decade. Though the National HIV/AIDS Program was an instrumental step towards these achievements, this book also examines other key programmatic innovations that have been essential to the country's success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including the introduction of universal free antiretroviral treatment; a comprehensive legal framework for sexual and reproductive rights; the introduction of incentives and results-based financing in the HIV/AIDS program; electronic monitoring of supplies and medicines; and implementation of an electronic clinical governance system for improving the quality of care and patient follow-up, among others. Despite high costs of the Program, this study found the Argentine National HIV/AIDS Program is cost-beneficial. From 2000 to 2010, 4,379 potential lives were saved. Nonetheless, the fight against this epidemic poses continuous challenges, including a stubbornly high number of new infections among young men who have sex with men, inequalities in HIV/AIDS rates between provinces, insufficient coverage of HIV diagnostic testing, insufficient HIV testing of tuberculosis patients, low expenditure on HIV prevention, high comparative cost of antiretroviral treatment, and questions regarding the long-term financial sustainability of the AIDS program, considering the increasing number of patients in treatment. 'Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina: An Assessment of the National Health Response' delves into the combination of factors that make Argentina a success story in combating HIV/AIDS.
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Yes, you can access Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina by Fernando Lavadenz,Carla Pantanali,Eliana Zeballos in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & AIDS & HIV. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina
- Chapter 2 Burden of HIV/AIDS in Argentina: Global and Regional Comparative Analysis
- Chapter 3 Subnational Analysis of the Burden of HIV/AIDS in Argentina
- Chapter 4 Advances and Challenges in the Supply of HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment from the Argentine Public Health System
- Chapter 5 Social and Economic Factors Related to the Demand Side of the HIV/AIDS Burden in Argentina
- Chapter 6 Is Argentina Spending Too Much on Its HIV/AIDS Program? A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis
- Chapter 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis of the HIV/AIDS Program in Argentina
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Boxes
- Back Cover