Antiretroviral therapy in the Malawi police force: Access to therapy and treatment outcomes

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Makombe, Simon D ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^b,c   Tweya, Hannock ^b   Chuka, Stuart ^d   Kwong Leung Yu, Joseph ^e   Hedt, Bethany ^f   Weigel, Ralf ^b   Nkhata, Amon ^a   Schouten, Erik J ^a,g   Kamoto, Kelita ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^a,h,i  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^c International Training and Education Center on HIV   (United States)

^d Malawi Business Coalition against AIDS   (Malawi)

^e Mzuzu Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Management Sciences for Health   (Malawi)

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

ⁱ FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICE;

EID: 70350147168     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v20i1.10951     Document Type: Article

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