Decreased HIV Transmission after a Policy of Providing Free Access to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Taiwan

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 190; no. 5; pp. 879 - 885
• Main Authors: Fang, Chi-Tai, Hsu, Hsu-Mei, Twu, Shiing-Jer, Chen, Mao-Yen, Chang, Yu-Yin, Hwang, Jing-Shiang, Wang, Jung-Der, Chuang, Che-Yen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University Chicago Press 01.09.2004; University of Chicago Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; Antiretrovirals; Biological and medical sciences; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gonorrhea - epidemiology; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV infections; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - transmission; HIV/AIDS; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Models, Statistical; Population Surveillance; Program Evaluation; Surveillance; Syphilis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Taiwan - epidemiology; Virology; Asia; Taiwan; Virus; Infection; Microbiology; Transmission; Retroviridae; Antiviral; Human immunodeficiency virus; Lentivirus

Background. Taiwan established a nationwide surveillance system for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 1989 and adopted a policy to provide all HIV-infected citizens with free access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) beginning in April 1997. This provided an opportunity to...