Current Clinical Issues15 July 2003Building African AIDS Care from the Ground UpJennifer Fisher WilsonJennifer Fisher WilsonSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-139-2-200307150-00028 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail The epicenter of AIDS activity in the early 1980s was San Francisco General Hospital, where Merle Sande, MD, was chief of medicine. The mystifying disease appeared at higher rates there than any place else in the United States, and Sande and his staff helped pioneer its clinical treatment. Within the next decade, physicians in the United States learned how to treat HIV infection and AIDS as pharmaceutical companies launched drugs that controlled the infection without curing it. Triple combination antiretroviral therapy, introduced in 1996, led to a 70% decrease in deaths from HIV/AIDS. But at the same time as these ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCost-effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in TaiwanTrends in professional advice to lose weight among obese adults, 1994 to 2000A catastrophe in the 21st century: the public health situation in South Africa following HIV/AIDS 15 July 2003Volume 139, Issue 2Page: 157-160KeywordsAIDSAcademic medicineAntiretroviral therapyAntiretroviralsDrug pricesDrugsHIVHIV infectionsHealth carePrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 15 July 2003 Issue Published: 15 July 2003 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2003 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...