The impact of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief on expansion of HIV care services for adult patients in western Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Wools Kaloustian, Kara ^a,b   Kimaiyo, Silvester ^b   Musick, Beverly ^a   Sidle, John ^a,b   Siika, Abraham ^b   Nyandiko, Winstone ^b   Einterz, Robert ^b   Tierney, William M ^a   Yiannoutsos, Constantin T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Antiretrovirals; HIV; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA;

EID: 58849149344     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32831cc0e6     Document Type: Article

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