Is the "3 by 5" initiative the best approach to tackling the HIV pandemic?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-100

  Kim, Jim Yong ^a   Ammann, Arthur ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Global Strategies for HIV Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRESCRIPTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 15744400994     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010037     Document Type: Note

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