Towards achieving the fast-track targets and ending the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: Successes and challenges.

Background: Ethiopia has adopted the global plan to end the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to assess the progress made towards achieving this plan.

Methods: A review and analysis of national population-based surveys, surveillance, and routine programme data was executed.

Effectiveness and acceptability of delivery of antiretroviral treatment in health centres by health officers and nurses in Ethiopia.

Objective: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends shifting tasks from physicians to lower cadres for the delivery of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for countries short of physicians. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of ART delivery by health officers and nurses in Ethiopia.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study to evaluate outcomes of ART services in 25 health centres staffed with health officers and/or nurses and 30 hospitals staffed with physicians in 2009.