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Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina: An Assessment of the National Health Response (Directions in Development) by Fernando Lavadenz, Carla Pantanali, and Eliana Zeballos is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The 1992 creation of the National HIV/AIDS Program was a fundamental step for Argentina to reach the second lowest burden of HIV/AIDS in South America. From 2000 to 2010, Argentina further reduced the already low HIV/AIDS incidence of 15.9 per 100,000 by 25 percent and reduced the burden by 21 percent. This study analyzes the national and inter-provincial burden of disease, the demographics of new HIV cases, the demand and supply-sides of service delivery, and conducts a cost-benefit analysis of the National HIV/AIDS Program over the last decade. Though the National HIV/AIDS Program was an instrumental step towards these achievements, this book also examines other key programmatic innovations that have been essential to the countrys success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including the introduction of universal free antiretroviral treatment; a comprehensive legal framework for sexual and reproductive rights; the introduction of incentives and results-based financing in the HIV/AIDS program; electronic monitoring of supplies and medicines; and implementation of an electronic clinical governance system for improving the quality of care and patient follow-up, among others. Despite hig

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Author
Fernando Lavadenz, Carla Pantanali, and Eliana Zeballos
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781464805974
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Social Science, Medicine

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