ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR HIV IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES - STATEMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR HIV IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, LONDON, JUNE 5 AND 6, 1998

Compared with those in industrialised countries, people in developing countries have little access to treatment for HIV infection, or for ma ny other diseases including cancer, tuberculosis, and malaria. Althoug h attention has been paid to areas such as provision of essential drug s, strengthening of infrastructures and service delivery, human rights , and appropriate health technologies, great inequalities remain. The HIV epidemic has highlighted these differences, because technological advances and the response of people infected with HIV have enabled the sharing of experiences across regions and brought the contrast into f ocus.