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Southern Africa HIV Clinicians Society: AdultAntiretroviral Therapy Guidelines 2014These guidelines are intended as an update to those published inthe Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine in 2012. Since therelease of the previous guidelines, the scale-up of antiretroviraltherapy (ART) in southern Africa has continued. Cohort studies fromthe region show excellent clinical outcomes; however, ART is stillbeing initiated late (in advanced disease) in some patients,resulting in relatively high early mortality rates. New data onantiretroviral drugs have become available. Although currently few,there are patients in the region who are failingprotease-inhibitor-based second-line regimens. To address this,guidelines on third-line therapy have been expanded.S Afr J HIV Med 2014;15(4):121-143.

The Medicines Information Centre (MIC) isaDrug Information Service for Health Professionals providedbyspecially trained pharmacists. It is an independentorganisationsituated in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology,Department ofMedicine at the University of Cape Town’s Faculty ofHealthSciences. This service is limited to health professionalsonly.The MIC is dedicated to providing unbiased, up-to-dateandwell-researched drug information, in consultation withamultidisciplinary healthcare team. To ensure this, we haveaccessto the latest information databases as well as to consultantsfromthe University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences andGrooteSchuur Hospital. In order to sustain a service of thehigheststandard, complicated queries are discussed at regular peerreviewmeetings.Our mission statementTo research and provide information and expert assistance onallmatters pertaining to the rational use of medicines inSouthernAfrica, thereby promoting the health of its people.The services we offerDrug Information in Response to Queries fromHealthProfessionalsThe Medicines Information Centre provides informationontelephonic, faxed or e-mailed queries relating to:Drug TherapyDrugs in Pregnancy and LactationMalaria Prophylaxis and TreatmentDrugs in PorphyriaAdverse Drug ReactionsPharmaceuticsPharmacologyAvailability of South African and overseas medicinesDrug InteractionsPsychopharmacologyPharmacokineticsTeaching and EducationEducation of health care professionals by disseminationofmonthly newsletters via e-mail and on the websitePresentation of Clinical Pharmacology and AppliedTherapeuticslectures and seminarsTeaching of pharmacist interns and pharmacy and medical studentsinthe provision of drug informationFee for Service ActivitiesReports and literature searches: expert reports andliteraturesearches (hourly rate)Training: training courses in drug information which are tailoredtothe needs of the person(s) being tutoredUsers of our ServicesThe Medicines Information Centre provides druginformationto:Health ProfessionalsThe Pharmaceutical IndustryThe Medicines Control CouncilPublic and Private Health Policy MakersMedical Aid Schemes and Managed Health Care CompaniesAcademic Health DepartmentsPrivate and Public Hospital AdministratorsAvailable ResourcesThe Medicines Information Centre is dedicated toprovidingunbiased, up-to-date and well researched drug information.Toensure this we use:Latest editions of reference booksNational and international medical and pharmaceuticaljournalsAbstracting journals e.g. ReactionsCD-ROM – MicromedexMedlineThe Cochrane LibraryThe InternetPackage InsertsPharmaceutical IndustryIn-house computerised literature database (MIDAS)Consultants from the University of Cape Town’s Faculty ofHealthSciences and Groote Schuur HospitalDaily peer review and clinical meetings

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