Are country reputations for good and bad leadership on AIDS deserved? An exploratory quantitative analysis

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-406

  Nattrass, Nicoli ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Economics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geography; Health services; Socioeconomics factors

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 56749183818     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn075     Document Type: Article

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