The 10-year struggle to provide antiretroviral treatment to people with HIV in the developing world

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9534, 2006, Pages 541-546

  Schwartländer, Bernhard ^a   Grubb, Ian ^b   Perriëns, Jos ^b  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746822958     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69164-2     Document Type: Note

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