Coming back from the dead: Living with HIV as a chronic condition in rural Africa

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-347

  Russell, Steven ^a,c   Seeley, Janet ^a   Ezati, Enoch ^b   Wamai, Nafuna ^b   Were, Willy ^b   Bunnell, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anti retroviral therapy; Chronic illness; HIV; Normalization; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 34548023283     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm023     Document Type: Article

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