A review of the impact of availability of Antiretroviral drugs on the quality of care received by people living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the availability of ARV drugs for PLHA in developing countries, factors that affect it and how this affects the quality of health care this group of people receive. Data Sources: This review consists of literature from Medline, Pub med and Google scholar. The following key words were used: Health service Accessibility, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV infection, Anti-retroviral Agents, Quality of Health care, Health policy, and Developing countries. Study Selection: The articles were selected based on their validity and relevance. This meant that only articles which presented data based on research [empirical] was included. Articles were also chosen to cover a good spread of the entire developing countries. Abstracts, personal opinions, propaganda papers, and News/editorials were excluded. Results: The articles reviewed were in concordance with the objectives of the review, and showed conclusive data to make deductions with respect to the general objective of the review. Conclusion: The data in the review showed some evidence that availability of antiretroviral drugs had significant impact on the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS