HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment in Two Prisons in Thailand
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June 2007 | Volume 4 | Issue 6 | e204 As scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) progresses in less-developed countries, the challenges of providing treatment to marginalised populations become of increasing concern. One such marginalised group is prisoners. While there is an emerging consensus that prevention and treatment is feasible and effective in prisons [1], experience of implementing comprehensive HIV/AIDS programmes that include antiretroviral therapy in resourcelimited countries is limited. This article describes our experience of providing HIV prevention and treatment in two prisons in Thailand.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS Medicine
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007