Monitoring the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy programmes : methods to estimate coverage

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 145 - 150
• Main Authors: BOERMA, J. Ties, STANECKI, Karen A, ZANIEWSKI, Elizabeth, WALKER, Neff, STOVER, John, GHYS, Peter D, NEWELL, Marie-Louise, LUO, Chewe, BEUSENBERG, Michel, GARNETT, Geoff P, LITTLE, Kirsty, CALLEJA, Jesus Garcia, CROWLEY, Siobhan, JIM YONG KIM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.02.2006; World Health Organization; The World Health Organization
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adults; AIDS; Anti-HIV Agents - supply & distribution; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral therapy; Antiretroviral therapy, Highly active; Biological and medical sciences; Case studies; Chemoprevention; Child; Child, Preschool; Cotrimoxazole; Data Collection; Data collection/methods; Developing Countries; Drug therapy; Estimates; Female; Health care industry; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Low income countries; Low income groups; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Needs Assessment; Overreporting; Patients; Program Evaluation; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Services; Treatment needs; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - supply & distribution; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - therapeutic use; Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole combination; Tuberculosis; United Nations; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; World Health Organization; United States; Sulfanilamide derivatives; Antiretroviral agent; Methodology; Developing countries; Trimethoprim; Epidemiology; Antifolate; Need; Sulfamethoxazole; Antiviral; Tropical medicine; Antiinfectious; Monitoring; Public health; Immunopathology; Evaluation; Evaluation scale; Estimation; Psychometrics; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Infection; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Surveillance; Viral disease; Pyrimidine derivatives; Antibacterial agent; Data gathering

This paper reviews the data sources and methods used to estimate the number of people on, and coverage of, antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in low- and middle-income countries and to monitor the progress towards the "3 by 5" target set by WHO and UNAIDS. We include a review of the d...