Access to Treatment services is Falling
According to the report that was released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS, more than four million people that live in developing countries received antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008.
It was admitted that progress was revealed in the global HIV/AIDS response and for that reason Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, supposed that there were no need to undertake extra actions as an access to life-prolonging treatment and care was not given to those who was living with HIV.
But still access to antiretroviral therapy is in the process of expanding at a rapid rate. It was shown that 9.5 million people that live in developing countries require treatment, and only 42% had access, up from 33% in 2007.
One can note that prices of antiretroviral drugs that are considered to be in common use, dropped in recent years, it was done in order to make such drugs available for treatment.
Most first-line regimens decreased in the cost by 10-40%. The cost change happened between 2006 and 2008. But as for second-line regimens, they are still expensive. Access to treatment services is becoming to fall far short of need for that reason many concerns arose.
Category: Health
