Is there an association between PEPFAR funding and improvement in national health indicators in Africa? A retrospective study

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Duber, Herbert C ^a,b,c   Coates, Thomas J ^c   Szekeras, Greg ^c   Kaji, Amy H ^a,b,c   Lewis, Roger J ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957153468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-21     Document Type: Article

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