In Asia, Thailand is initiating antiretroviral therapy for an additional 3,000 individuals each month, while access to antiretroviral therapy in Cambodia has increased tenfold since 2003.

The World Bank has also increased its support for antiretroviral therapy.

Access to antiretroviral therapy is considered a priority for our members in Africa.

Antiretroviral therapy coverage exceeds 50 per cent in seven countries in Latin America.

(b) Take global action to lower further the price and accessibility of first and second line antiretroviral therapy regimens, including the current high priced and often unavailable antiretroviral therapy regimens for children

In Brazil, for example, all AIDS patients have been guaranteed access to antiretroviral therapy.

This is crucial for facilitating children's access to antiretroviral therapy and treatment of opportunistic infections.

Many women with normal levels may benefit from combination therapy.

But it is often a combination of talk therapy and pills.

Botswana, Namibia and Uganda now provide antiretroviral therapy to more than one quarter of those who need it.

In countries in which access to antiretroviral therapy is expanding, people with AIDS and their families are being rejuvenated.

Advocacy efforts have opened up new avenues of access for refugees to public sector care and treatment programmes, including antiretroviral therapy.

Although contradictory views about how to treat HIV persisted, at least antiretroviral therapy has been available in some public facilities over the past decade.

My Government has put in place a multisectoral response to the pandemic and has scaled up its interventions through advocacy, counselling and antiretroviral therapy.

In June 2002, negotiations were finalized to reduce the prices of first line antiretroviral therapy, which is most commonly used for persons living with HIV.

Brazil has reduced the AIDS mortality rate by approximately 80 per cent since 1996 by providing extensive access to antiretroviral therapy through the public sector.

UNICEF and WHO supported the introduction of artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria in several countries during 2004.

When I first met Celine, a little over a year ago, she had gone for 18 months without any antiretroviral therapy, and she was very ill.

Only 3 of the country has antiretroviral therapy available, compared to a 17 coverage in the neighbouring countries of Chad and the Republic of the Congo.

In low and middle income countries, the number of individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy increased from an estimated 400,000 in June 2004 to 700,000 by December 2004.

In sub Saharan Africa, utilization of antiretroviral therapy more than doubled in the second half of 2004 and the number of service delivery points greatly expanded.

When I first met Celine, a little over a year ago, she had gone for 18 months without any antiretroviral therapy, and she was very ill.

As a result, access to antiretroviral therapy has increased significantly in all regions over the past two years, even in countries in which resources are severely limited.

(d) Integrate HIV prevention, home based care, psychosocial services, treatment support, treatment of opportunistic infections and food and nutritional support with antiretroviral therapy as components of comprehensive AIDS care

WHO has taken the lead in producing M E guidelines for programmes that focus on the prevention of mother to child transmission, young people, antiretroviral therapy and patient monitoring.

From Shock Therapy to Sleep Therapy

Access to life preserving antiretroviral therapy in low income settings, barely imaginable at the beginning of the current decade, is fast becoming a reality in many parts of the world.

UNICEF, WHO and other partners also supported the introduction of artemisinin based combination therapy for malaria in a number of countries during 2004.

Also in Africa, Red Cross Societies, with support from the International Federation, are piloting a service delivery model on access to care and antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV AIDS.

The survival rates of patients on antiretroviral therapy in low and middle income countries are 90 per cent one year after initiating treatment and approximately 80 per cent after two years.

(e) Maximize the use of community workers and paraprofessionals in delivering and or monitoring antiretroviral therapy and in promoting treatment adherence in order to accelerate the scaling up of treatment services.

Calls upon States to adopt effective measures to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV and to facilitate access to antiretroviral therapy, safe delivery practices and breast milk substitutes, where feasible and safe

Calls upon States to adopt effective measures to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV and to facilitate access to antiretroviral therapy, safe delivery practices and breast milk substitutes, where feasible and safe

He has access to antiretroviral drugs.

With Global Fund support for our national institutions, we have achieved universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV, and we have stabilized HIV prevalence at around 3 of the population.

The number of people on antiretroviral therapy rose by nearly two thirds during the last six months of 2004 as a result of a number of international efforts, including the 3 by 5 initiative.

Floriculture Therapy

Aversion therapy.

Occupational therapy.

Dressing therapy.

Occupational therapy!

Access to antiretroviral drugs must be ensured.

Adherence, treatment success and antiretroviral drug resistance

As at January 2005, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria had approved funding that will ultimately support the delivery of antiretroviral therapy to an estimated 1.6 million people in resource limited settings.

By stimulating demand for voluntary and confidential counselling and testing and improving links between health care institutions and communities, interventions such as antiretroviral therapy (ART) can in turn help improve access to information, counselling and prevention.