The National Strategic Plan of South Africa: What are the prospects of success after the repeated failure of previous AIDS policy?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Wouters, Edwin ^a   Van Rensburg, H C J ^b   Meulemans, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b University of the Free State   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; implementation; policy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954720756     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp057     Document Type: Review

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