Will universal access to antiretroviral therapy ever be possible? The health care worker challenge

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Maddison, André R ^a   Schlech III, Walter F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Health care workers; HIV AIDS; Sub Saharan Africa; United Nations millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 77950818349     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/432306     Document Type: Review

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