Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme
Despite Uganda’s success in lowering the rate of HIV infection, numbers of people already infected and progressing to AIDS continue to rise. The JCRC pioneered the use of antiretroviral drugs in Africa since 1992, and developed a successful model that incorporates drugs logistics, adherence and sus...
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| author | Peter Mugyenyi Cissy Kityo Samson Kibende Francis Ssali Goeffrey Kabuye Thomas Otim Stefano Tugume Rose Byaruhanga Michael Kabugo |
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Despite Uganda’s success in lowering the rate of HIV infection, numbers of people already infected and progressing to AIDS continue to rise. The JCRC pioneered the use of antiretroviral drugs in Africa since 1992, and developed a successful model that incorporates drugs logistics, adherence and sustainability strategies, as well as regional referral centres of excellence and laboratories. JCRC rapidly established 35 satellite centres in the various districts, currently providing antiretroviral drugs to over 35 000 out of 70 000 patients on therapy. Increased access to treatment proceeds contemporaneously with improving infrastructure, while addressing critical human resource needs by ongoing training. This model provides data that inform a way forward for a robust, high-quality and sustainable ART programme, and aims to integrate into an improved national continuum of health care delivery.
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| spelling | doaj.art-33f877a5f1c240c7b9d6e2d80feb059f2024-03-18T11:07:16ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792006-01-01110.38140/aa.v0i1.1110Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programmePeter Mugyenyi0Cissy Kityo1Samson Kibende2Francis Ssali3Goeffrey Kabuye4Thomas Otim5Stefano Tugume6Rose Byaruhanga7Michael Kabugo8Joint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, UgandaJoint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda Despite Uganda’s success in lowering the rate of HIV infection, numbers of people already infected and progressing to AIDS continue to rise. The JCRC pioneered the use of antiretroviral drugs in Africa since 1992, and developed a successful model that incorporates drugs logistics, adherence and sustainability strategies, as well as regional referral centres of excellence and laboratories. JCRC rapidly established 35 satellite centres in the various districts, currently providing antiretroviral drugs to over 35 000 out of 70 000 patients on therapy. Increased access to treatment proceeds contemporaneously with improving infrastructure, while addressing critical human resource needs by ongoing training. This model provides data that inform a way forward for a robust, high-quality and sustainable ART programme, and aims to integrate into an improved national continuum of health care delivery. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1110 |
| spellingShingle | Peter Mugyenyi Cissy Kityo Samson Kibende Francis Ssali Goeffrey Kabuye Thomas Otim Stefano Tugume Rose Byaruhanga Michael Kabugo Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme Acta Academica |
| title | Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme |
| title_full | Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme |
| title_fullStr | Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme |
| title_short | Scaling up antiretroviral therapy: experience of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) access programme |
| title_sort | scaling up antiretroviral therapy experience of the joint clinical research centre jcrc access programme |
| url | http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1110 |
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