Scaling-up antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 94; no. 10; pp. 772 - 776
• Main Authors: Jahn, Andreas, Harries, Anthony D, Schouten, Erik J, Libamba, Edwin, Ford, Nathan, Maher, Dermot, Chimbwandira, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland World Health Organization 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Accreditation; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral agents; Antiretroviral therapy; Benchmarks; Breastfeeding & lactation; Clinical outcomes; Clinics; Drug therapy; Electronic health records; Embedded systems; Female; Funding; Health care facilities; Health care policy; Health facilities; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare Disparities; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV-1 - drug effects; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immune system; Implementation; Leadership; Lentivirus; Lessons from the Field; Malawi; Male; Medical records; Monitoring systems; Mortality; Nurses; Operations research; Patients; Program Development; Public Health; Public sector; Retroviridae; Scaling; Supervision; Therapy; Training; Treatment programs; Tuberculosis; Viruses; Womens health; Malawi

In Malawi, health-system constraints meant that only a fraction of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and in immediate need of antiretroviral treatment (ART) received treatment. In 2004, the Malawian Ministry of Health launched plans to scale-up ART nationwide, adhering to the p...