The role of state and non-state actors in the policy process: The contribution of policy networks to the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Thailand

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 328-338

  Tantivess, Sripen ^a   Walt, Gill ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Policy analysis; Policy networks; Policy process; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; THAILAND;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 49749099206     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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