South Africa's "rollout" of highly active antiretroviral therapy: A critical assessment

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 618-623

  Nattrass, Nicoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretrovirals; HAART; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; PERFORMANCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845356092     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000242456.05274.fb     Document Type: Article

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