Does the world need another AIDS authority?/Author's reply

Referring to "a muddle of organisations seeking to offer leadership", Billingham neglects to mention the division of labour agreed between UN agencies in the area of HIV/ AIDS or the mandate given to WHO by its 193 Member States to build expert consensus and provide global technical guidan...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 368; no. 9551; p. 1959
Main Authors Obasi, Angela, Tovey, David, De Cock, Kevin M, Mane, Purnima, Billingham, Dan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Limited 02.12.2006
Subjects
Children & youth
Clinical trials
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Medical treatment
Methods
Public health
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Summary:Referring to "a muddle of organisations seeking to offer leadership", Billingham neglects to mention the division of labour agreed between UN agencies in the area of HIV/ AIDS or the mandate given to WHO by its 193 Member States to build expert consensus and provide global technical guidance in a number of areas, including HIV treatment. In 2006, for example, WHO published a series of new or revised global guidelines on HIV treatment and care in resource-limited settings.2-5 The recommendations represent the consensus of experts from all regions of the world and are made on the basis of different levels of evidence from randomised clinical trials, high-quality scientific studies, observational cohort data, and expert opinion.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X