Faculty Opinions recommendation of Antiretroviral therapy in a thousand patients with AIDS in Haiti.

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Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy given to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients in Haiti, an impoverished country in the Northern Hemisphere, was found to be very effective, a finding which provides evidence in support of international efforts to make such therapy available to AIDS patients in the developing world. The 1-year survival rate of adults and children with AIDS in Haiti has been approximately 30% in the absence of specific antiretroviral therapy. This observational study in 1004 patients with AIDS showed that antiretroviral therapy, using WHO-approved generic combinations, was associated with high 1-year survival rates of 87% in adults and adolescents and 98% in children. Overall, the outcomes are similar to those seen in the United States of America, and confirm other reports about the effectiveness of this intervention in the developing world.

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