Are the investments in national HIV monitoring and evaluation systems paying off?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Peersman, Greet ^a   Rugg, Deborah ^b   Erkkola, Taavi ^b   Kiwango, Eva ^b   Yang, Ju ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV; Millenium development goals; National monitoring and evaluation systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

GOALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73349106244     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181baede7     Document Type: Review

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