E-drug: NEJM on Health Care/AIDS in South Africa
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Dear e-druggers,
I've copied something from last week's (1st July)
New England Journal of Medicine which maybe some
of you, especially the South Africans in the
group, will find useful.
Full text at NEJM, which many of you will be able to access for free.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/1/81
Valeria
Volume 351:81-92 July 1, 2004
Health Care Reform and the Crisis of HIV and AIDS in South Africa
Solomon R. Benatar, M.B., Ch.B.
Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of
the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.
South Africa's transition to a democracy � characterized by a
liberal constitution, a bill of rights, and attempts to pursue
reconciliation rather than revenge � has been widely admired as
a paradigm shift in human relationships from seemingly inevitable
conflict to a negotiated peace. The challenge of narrowing racial
disparities in health care is a formidable one for the new
government.1,2 The high rates of infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and full-blown AIDS add another
layer of complexity. In this review I evaluate health care reform and
responses to the pandemic of HIV and AIDS . . . [Full Text of this
Article]
Progress Toward Improving Health
Social Determinants of Health
Health Expenditure
Health Policy and Health Care Reform
Impact on Tertiary Services in the Public Sector
The Changing Profile of the Medical Student
Challenges Posed By HIV And AIDS
Demographic Features
HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs
Expanding the Health Care Budget in the Face of a National Health
Emergency
Making Sustainable Progress in Health
The Future
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Dr Valeria Frighi
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LJ
UK
Tel # 44 1865 857300
Fax # 44 1865 857311
valeria.frighi@doctors.org.uk
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