Implementing 'universal' access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa: a scoping review on research priorities.

ABSTRACT: 'Universal' access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) has become the global standard for treating people living with HIV and achieving epidemic control; yet, findings from numerous 'test and treat' trials and implementation studies in sub-Saharan Africa suggest that bringing 'universal' access to ART to scale is more complex than anticipated. Using South Africa as a case example, we describe the research priorities and foci in the literature on expanded ART access. To do so, we adapted Arksey and O'Malley's six-stage scoping review framework to describe the peer-reviewed literature and opinion pieces on expanding access to ART in South Africa between 2000 and 2017. Data collection included systematic searches of two databases and hand-searching of a sub-sample of reference lists. We used an

SUBMITTER: Myburgh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature