Anthropological perspectives on the challenges to monitoring and evaluating HIV and AIDS programming in Lesotho

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Turkon, David ^a   Himmelgreen, David ^b   Romero Daza, Nancy ^b   Noble, Charlotte ^b  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid agencies; Civil society organisations; Development; Financing; INGOs; Multisectoral collaboration; NGOs; Programme evaluation; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LESOTHO; MONITORING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIEF WORK; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 74849097719     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.4.11.1048     Document Type: Review

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