Thinking ahead - The rising tide of AIDS orphans

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 656-658

  Delva, Wim ^a   Vercoutere, An ^a   Dehaene, Isabelle ^a   Willems, Sara ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Annemans, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORPHANAGE; POLITICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WELLBEING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 26644446439     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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