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Funding Scientific Innovation: Global Investments in HIV Treatment Research and Development in 2010 and 2011

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Treatment Action Group (TAG)

Advances in HIV treatment research in 2010 and 2011 saw improvement in treatment regimens and strategies, and reinvigorated optimism for finding a cure. In 2012, TAG and AVAC, with financial support from UNAIDS, put forth a collaborative effort to analyze investment trends in HIV treatment research and development (R&D) in 2010 and 2011.

The latest report, Funding Scientific Innovation: Global Investments in HIV Treatment Research and Development in 2010 and 2011, found US$2.6 billion was invested in HIV treatment R&D in 2011. Data from 41 public, private, and philanthropic donors reveal a 12% increase in funding from the baseline year of 2009, with the majority of funding targeted at research for new medications.

An Exploratory Analysis of HIV Treatment Research and Development Investments in 2009

Published by: 
UNAIDS

This report is a preliminary assessment of global investments in research and development
(R&D) devoted to the discovery and development of new therapies and treatment strategies
for HIV. As part of a broader effort to track and analyze HIV/AIDS spending, UNAIDS
commissioned the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and AVAC to measure global R&D spending
for HIV treatment, starting with the year 2009.
From a total of 144 surveyed institutions, 48 funders reported investing $2.5 billion in HIV
treatment R&D in 2009. The scope of HIV treatment R&D included HIV basic science, drug
discovery, drug development, diagnostics, and operational and implementation science on

Developing a tool to assess Client Satisfaction at District Hospitals

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Health Systems Trust
The assessment of client satisfaction, forms an important part of the management of a health facility, especially after the adoption of the Batho Pele (People First) and the Patients Right Charter. The main objective in undertaking this research study was to develop an instrument that would assess the satisfaction levels of clients utilising two district hospitals in South Africa. The hospitals were the Gordonia Hospital in Upington, and the East Griqualand and Usher Memorial Hospitals in Kokstad.