ARV Treatment Monitor (This is a sub level of Activities)
The following are relevant documents/publications, news and links that we have found to be useful in compiling information related to HIV and ART. Should you have documents or reports that are relevant please email Rob Stewart (rob@hst.org.za) and they will be made available more widely through our ICT facility.

Relevant News:

• PRESS STATEMENT: Civil Society calls on government to meet international HIV/AIDS obligations regarding sexual & reproductive health (2008-05-23)
• The ARV Treatment Monitor (2004-04-02)
• Alarm over Aids drug shortage (2003-12-19)

Relevant Publications:

• Women's Experiences with HIV Serodisclosure in Africa: Implications for VCT and PMTCT (2004-03-31)
• HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing: a gateway to prevention and care (2004-03-31)
• HIV/AIDS Primary Care Clinical Guidelines - Cape Metropolitan Area (2004-03-31)
• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents (2004-03-31)
• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection (2004-01-20)
• Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: Treatment guidelines for a public health approach (2003-12-01)
• 2001 Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (2001-11-01)
• Collaboration with traditional healers in HIV/AIDS prevention and care in sub-Saharan Africa - A literature review (2000-09-01)
• Traditional Health Practitioners Bill (2003-04-01)
• Traditional Medicines and Traditional Healers in South Africa - Discussion Document (2003-11-27)
• Introducing Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on a Large Scale: Hope and Caution (2002-11-01)
• The Cost of HIV Prevention and Treatment Interventions in South Africa (2003-01-31)
• Providing Antiretroviral Treatment in Southern Africa - A Literature Review (2004-05-14)
• Providing HIV Services including Antiretroviral Therapy at Primary Health Care Clinics in Resource-Poor Settings: The experience from Khayelitsha (2004-05-25)
• National Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines (2004-10-12)
• Anti-Retroviral Therapy in South Africa - A pocket guide of the prevention and management of Side Effects and Drug Interactions (2004-10-12)
• Addressing stigma and discrimination in the workplace - The example of ESKOM, South Africa (2004-10-15)
• The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Indicators, Reporting Requirements, and Guidelines (2004-10-21)
• National Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Programmes for the Prevention of HIV in Infants and Young Children (2004-10-26)
• Monitoring Review - Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment for South Africa (2004-11-05)
• Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment Plan for South Africa (2004-11-05)
• Zimbabwe: Antiretroviral Therapy Program - Issues and Opportunities for Initiation and Expansion (2004-11-12)
• Monitoring HIV/AIDS Programs: A Facilitator's Training Guide (2005-01-06)
• Challenges faced by households in caring for orphans and vulnerable children (2005-01-06)
• Community Responses to HIV/AIDS: Strengthening social inclusion or carrying unfair burdens? Report of a Research workshop, Geneva, August 2-3 2004 (2005-01-20)
• Patient Data Forms - Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment Plan for South Africa (2005-01-27)
• Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum on the Operational Plan for HIV/AIDS Care, Management and Treatment-Resolutions of the Bloemfontein meeting held on 19 November 2004 (2005-02-09)
• Monthly Provincial Reports for the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment for South Africa (2005-02-22)
• Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum on the Operational Plan for HIV/AIDS Care, Management and Treatment- Resolutions of the 3rd meeting held in Durban on 18 February 2005 (2005-03-03)
• Public HAART Projects in South Africa - Progress to November 2004 (2005-05-25)
• Public Sector HAART Projects - A Summary Report (2005-06-14)
• Antiretroviral roll-out in South Africa - Where do children feature? (2004-06-15)
• Conference Report: Implementing the Comprehensive Care and Treatment Programme for HIV and AIDS patients in the Free State: Sharing Experiences (2005-07-26)
• Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum on the Operational Plan for HIV/AIDS Care, Management and Treatment - Resolutions of the 5th JCSMF meeting (2005-10-05)
• Innovative Models of Antiretroviral Therapy in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (2005-10-19)
• Draft UNGASS Report: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Indicators - A case study from South Africa (2008-02-22)
• UNGASS REPORT ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS (2008-05-21)
• TASK SHIFTING: considering legal and regulatory barriers (2008-08-04)
• Adolescent sexual and reproductive care (2008-08-14)
• Cervical cancer - is vaccination the way to go? (2008-05-14)
• The importance of choice (2008-04-01)
• Medical Male Circumcision: thinking through the impact for a feminised epidemic (2008-08-01)
• Dealing with Anxiety and Depression - challenges of mental health (2008-07-01)
• Civil Society Report-back on dialogue on Male Circumcision: Implications for Women (2008-08-01)
• In support of the diaphragm (2008-08-27)
• Creating awareness of womens issues (2008-08-27)
• Lesbian health: more than screening for breast cancer and mental health (2008-10-14)
• Tuberculosis a womens health issue (2009-03-06)
• Developing Treatment Guidelines for Women of Reproductive Age (2009-03-31)
• Cervical Cancer and HIV: The intimate connection (2009-03-31)
• Chat spaces (2009-06-03)

Relevant Events:

• Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum (JSCMF) Third National Meeting (2005-02-18 - 2005-02-18)
• Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum (JCSMF) Sixth Meeting (2005-11-14 - 2005-11-14)

Relevant Links:

• AEGiS - AIDS Education Global Information System
• Health Global Access Project Coalition
• Actuarial Society of South Africa's ASSA 2000 AIDS model
• The AIDS Consortium
• Equinet - The Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa
• Journ-AIDS
• The Parliamentary Monitoring Group
• Red Ribbon
• Department of Health (South Africa)
• PlusNews
• WHO HIV/AIDS
• Medecines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
• NIH: The HIV-AIDS Connection
• Pambazuka News
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• Western Cape antiretroviral services

Relevant Content:

• Women & HIV and AIDS Gauge/The Treatment Monitor (2004-03-31)
• ARV Treatment Monitor - Contact (2004-04-22)
• Treatment Monitor: Treatment as part of a continuum of care (2007-07-11)
• Treatment Monitor: Displaced Persons and Access to Treatment (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor:Contraception (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Information and Communication Strategies (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Human and Socio-Economic Rights (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Nutrition (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Sexual and Reproductive Intentions (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Abortion (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Violence (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Treatment (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Health Systems (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Focus on Human Resources (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: Clinic Sites (2008-02-14)
• Treatment Monitor: 60% roundtables 2008 – PHASA and WBS (2008-06-19)
• Treatment Monitor: Male Circumcision (2008-07-15)
• Treatment Monitor: Useful Links (2008-10-02)
• Treatment Monitor: HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines for Women of Reproductive Age (2009-03-23)