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0117/2011 - People living with HIV/AIDS and their link with the antiretrovirals provided by the National Programme in Argentina
Las personas que viven con VIH/SIDA y su vínculo con los antirretrovirales provistos por el Programa Nacional en Argentina

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• marisel andrea colautti - Colautti, M.A. - rosario, Outro País/Another Country - Area Farmacia Asistencial. Facultad de Cs Biqoquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Univesidad Nacional de Rosario - <mariselcolautti@yahoo.com.ar>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

The Argentina’s State is committed, by the AIDS National Law, to provide the antiretroviral medicines (ARV) for free. Based on the complexity of the ARV National Programme management process, and in view of that People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is the final goal of the Programme, it is considered relevant to inquire about their opinions. The objective of this work is to explore the ARV supply by the HIV/AIDS National Programme, from the perspective of PLHA, in a public hospital of the city of Rosario, in relation with: 1) valuation of the Programme and the information received from it, 2) waiting times, 3) ARV availability to continue the treatment. Study of qualitative approach, applying interviews with defined axes and patient criteria selection, with the presence of a psychologist, made during January and February 2007. Fifteen PLHA are interviewed, they give their opinion with authority about the Programme and its history, pointing out problems in the ARV supply. They recognize difficulties in the continuity of ARV treatment and the consequences relating with death and quality of life. The Programme shows the coexistence between characteristics of a policy guaranteed by the state and others from programmes that are answers to emergencies. It appears the need to rethink the Programme as a genuine health policy, considering ARV as essential medicines.

Keywords:

antiretrovirals qualitative research HIV provision Argentina

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Colautti, M.A.. People living with HIV/AIDS and their link with the antiretrovirals provided by the National Programme in Argentina. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/people-living-with-hivaids-and-their-link-with-the-antiretrovirals-provided-by-the-national-programme-in-argentina/8026?id=8026



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