Beyond the numbers: Using rights-based perspectives to enhance antiretroviral treatment scale-up

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2007, Pages

  Gruskin, Sofia ^a,b   Ferguson, Laura ^a   Bogecho, Dina O ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment scale up; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Human rights

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 37349036097     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000255080.46976.18     Document Type: Review

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