Microfinance: A general overview and implications for impoverished individuals living with HIV/AIDS

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 986-1005

  Caldas, Adolfo ^a   Arteaga, Fernando ^b   Muñoz, Maribel ^c   Zeladita, Jhon ^c   Albujar, Mayler ^b   Bayona, Jaime ^b   Shin, Sonya ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^c Community based HIV Interventions for Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

HIV; Microcredit; Microfinance; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 77955944434     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0326     Document Type: Review

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