Scaling-up HIV treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: The rural Haiti experience

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Koenig, Serena P ^a,b,c,d   Léandre, Fernet ^a,b,c   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,c,d  

^a Zanmi Lasante ^*  (Haïti)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Community health workers; Community based care; Directly observed therapy; Haiti; HIV; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3843080698     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200406003-00005     Document Type: Article

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