Breaking the silence: Setting realistic priorities for AIDS control in less-developed countries

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9223, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Ainsworth, Martha ^a   Teokul, Waranya ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Office of the Prime Minister   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAMS; RECOMMENDATIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAMS; RECOMMENDATIONS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

EID: 0034218436     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02440-5     Document Type: Article

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