Treating AIDS in complex emergencies: The need for clear policy consensus

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Ford, Nathan ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to medicines; Antiretroviral treatment; Complex humanitarian emergencies; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMANITARIAN AID;

EID: 59249085665     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340800900105     Document Type: Article

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