South Africa: Avoiding Slippery Slope of Drug-Rationing Debate

July 30, 2007

INTERNATIONAL medical and public health journals contain a growing body of writing on the practical and ethical implications of the rationing of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment around the world. The brief title of one important article neatly encapsulates the dilemma facing health profes- sionals: “Which patients first?” (allAfrica.com)