Supervision, monitoring and evaluation of nationwide scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-326

  Libamba, Edwin ^a   Makombe, Simon ^a   Mhango, Eustice ^b   Teck, Olga De Ascurra ^c   Limbambala, Eddie ^d   Schouten, Erik J ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome drug therapy; Anti retroviral agents; HIV infections drug therapy; Malawi; National health programs organization and administration; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645540994     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.023952     Document Type: Article

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