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[email protected] Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia Machado-Alba, Jorge E.; González-Santos, Diana M.; Vidal-Guitart, Xavier Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in patients from Pereira and Manizales Revista de Salud Pública, vol. 13, núm. 3, junio, 2011, pp. 492-503 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42219910011 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 492Rev. salud pública.REVISTA 13 DE (3): SALUD 492-503, PÚBLICA 2011 · Volumen 13 (3), Junio 2011 Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in patients from Pereira and Manizales Efectividad del tratamiento antirretroviral en pacientes de Pereira y Manizales Jorge E. Machado-Alba1, Diana M. González-Santos1 and Xavier Vidal-Guitart2 1 Departamento de Farmacoepidemiología. Programa doctorado en Farmacología Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Audifarma S.A. Pereira, Colombia.
[email protected] 2 Instituto Catalán de Farmacología. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. España Received 25th August 2010/Sent for Modification 12th April 2011/Accepted 22th May 2011 ABSTRACT Objective Evaluating the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in a sample of Colom- bian patients diagnosed as having HIV/AIDS and being treated by the Colombian Health Social Security System (CHSSS) Methods A descriptive study was conducted among 134 HIV/AIDS patients of any age or gender who had received antiretroviral therapy in the cities of Pereira and Manizales between July 1st 2008 and June 30th 2009.