Quality care: A link between clinical and public health approaches to HIV infection in developing countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-395

  Maher, Dermot ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Quality of care; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77949404288     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02472.x     Document Type: Review

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