Assessment Of The Compliance Of Private Health Care Providers To Guidelines For Antiretroviral Therapy In The Management Of Hiv And Aids Patients In Windhoek, Namibia

ABSTRACT Since the identification of the first human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) case, developments have been underway to find treatment for the virus. Antiretroviral agents, especially when used in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens, have produced dramatic decreases in morbidity and mortality of HIV infected people and has made HIV a potentially treatable chronic disease. The success of HAART depends on the correct combination of drugs and on adherence to the treatment regime. In April 2003, the Ministry of Health and Social Services published the first antiretroviral tre…