North-South Corridor Demonstration Project: Ethical and Logistical Challenges in the Design of a Demonstration Study of Early Antiretroviral Treatment for Long Distance Truck Drivers along a Transport Corridor through South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia

North-South Corridor Demonstration Project: Ethical and Logistical Challenges in the Design of a Demonstration Study of Early Antiretroviral Treatment for Long Distance Truck Drivers along a Transport Corridor through South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia

Background. Long-distance truck drivers are at risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and have suboptimal access to care. New HIV prevention strategies using antiretroviral drugs to reduce transmission risk (early antiretroviral therapy (ART) at CD4 count >350 cells/μL) have shown efficacy in cli...

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Main Authors: G. B. Gomez, W. D. F. Venter, J. M. A. Lange, H. Rees, C. Hankins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Preventive Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/190190

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/190190

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