What were the options for patients who want to leave DART and continue to receive antiretroviral drugs?
In both Uganda and Zimbabwe there are now national programmes for the provision of free antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. If a person should choose to leave DART they would have the same priority for acceptance onto such programmes as other people living with HIV and AIDS that have already had ARV treatment. There is also the option to purchase ARVs but this would not be realistic for many DART participants.
