Strategies for more effective monitoring and evaluation systems in hiv programmatic scale-up in resource-limited settings: Implications for health systems strengthening

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Nash, Denis ^a   Elul, Batya ^a   Rabkin, Miriam ^a   Tun, May ^a   Saito, Suzue ^a   Becker, Mark ^b   Nuwagaba Biribonwoha, Harriet ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate indicators; Health information systems; Health systems strengthening; HIV AIDS; Monitoring and evaluation; Open source software; Operations research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCALE UP;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 70350767320     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181bbcc45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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