Lives saved by Global Fund-supported HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs: Estimation approach and results between 2003 and end-2007

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Komatsu, Ryuichi ^a   Korenromp, Eline L ^a   Low Beer, Daniel ^a   Watt, Catherine ^b   Dye, Christopher ^b   Steketee, Richard W ^c   Nahlen, Bernard L ^d   Lyerla, Rob ^e   Garcia Calleja, Jesus M ^b   Cutler, John ^a,f   Schwartländer, Bernhard ^a,g  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Batiment Avant Centre   (France)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^f Health Metrics Network   (Switzerland)

^g Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE EXTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951599520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-109     Document Type: Article

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