Chapter 1 of this handbook helps groups to develop an
understanding about: • care, support and treatment - including
how they are defined, how they are connected, and where they can
be provided; • the links between treatment and prevention and
how they can combine to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS; •
barriers to access to treatment and how they prevent people
living with HIV/AIDS from getting effective treatment; and • how
access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS relates to:
- the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its context - other aspects of
health care - social and economic conditions.