Hungering for HAART
Authors: Julio S.G. Montaner, Robert S. Hogg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2007)

Editorials17 April 2007Hungering for HAARTJulio S.G. Montaner, MD and Robert S. Hogg, PhDJulio S.G. Montaner, MDFrom British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Search for more papers by this author and Robert S. Hogg, PhDFrom British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-146-8-200704170-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail “I was not born with a hunger to be free. I was born free—free in every way that I could know … It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it.”—Nelson Mandela (1)Of any country in the world, South Africa is experiencing one of the most severe HIV epidemics. According to Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates, by the end of 2005, South Africa had 5.5 million people ...References1. Mandela N. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown; 1994:623-4. Google Scholar2. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Annex 2: HIV/AIDS estimates and data, 2005. In: UNAIDS 2006 report on the global AIDS epidemic. Accessed at data.unaids.org/pub/GlobalReport/2006/2006_GR_ANN2_en.pdf on 6 March 2007. Google Scholar3. The South African Advertising Research Foundation. All Media Products Survey March 2004. 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Accessed at www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/health/aids/nkosi-johnson-011205.htm on 27 February 2007. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Disclosures: Consultancies: J.S.G. Montaner (Abbott, Argos Theraputics, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffmann-La Roche, Janssen-Ortho, Merck-Frosst, Pfizer Inc., Schering, TheraTechnologies, Tibotec, Trimeris), R.S. Hogg (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institutes of Health, Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline), R.S. Hogg (Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline); Honoraria: J.S.G. Montaner (Abbott, Argos Theraputics, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffmann-La Roche, Janssen-Ortho, Merck-Frosst, Pfizer Inc., Schering, Thera Technologies, Tibotec, Trimeris), R.S. Hogg (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institutes of Health, Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline), R.S. Hogg (Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline); Grants received: J.S.G. Montaner (Abbott, Argos Theraputics, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffmann-La Roche, Janssen-Ortho, Merck-Frosst, Pfizer Inc., Schering, TheraTechnologies, Tibotec, Trimeris), R.S. Hogg (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institutes of Health, Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline).Corresponding Author: Julio S.G. Montaner, MD, University of British Columbia, 1081 Burrard Street, Room 667, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6, Canada; e-mail, [email protected]ubc.ca.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Montaner: University of British Columbia, 1081 Burrard Street, Room 667, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6, Canada.Dr. Hogg: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAdherence to Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor–Based HIV Therapy and Virologic Outcomes Jean B. Nachega , Michael Hislop , David W. Dowdy , Richard E. 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