Peter Barron

TL;DR: Pivotal facets of primary health care are not in place and there is a substantial human resources crisis facing the health sector, so the new government needs to address these factors if health is to be improved and the Millennium Development Goals achieved in South Africa.

TL;DR: The type of vision, leadership, and priority actions needed to achieve such a change in the health trajectory of the country, and even meet the MDGs are discussed.

TL;DR: Enabling health-care staff at primary care facilities to initiate antiretroviral therapy and expanding laboratory services for measuring CD4+ T-cell counts and for PCR testing were also helpful.

TL;DR: Significant additional investments are required throughout sub-Saharan Africa to develop country-level policy guidance, build human-resource capacity, and strengthen prison health systems to ensure universal access to HIV and tuberculsosis prevention, treatment, and care of a standard that meets international goals and human rights obligations.

TL;DR: Results show that laboratory data can provide real time, affordable monitoring of aspects of the PMTCT programme and assist in achieving virtual elimination of paediatric HIV infection in South Africa.