The impact of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR) beyond HIV and why it remains essential

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-275

  Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b,c,d   Kuritzkes, Daniel R ^c,d  

^a Division of Infectious Disease

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649132976     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649214     Document Type: Short Survey

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