Keeping health staff healthy: Evaluation of a workplace initiative to reduce morbidity and mortality from HIV/AIDS in Malawi

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bemelmans, Marielle ^a   Van Den Akker, Thomas ^a   Pasulani, Olesi ^a   Tayub, Nabila Saddiq ^a   Hermann, Katharina ^b   Mwagomba, Beatrice ^c   Jalasi, Winnie ^a   Chiomba, Harriet ^d   Ford, Nathan ^a,e   Philips, Mit ^f  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SUPPORT GROUP; WORK ENVIRONMENT; FOLLOW UP; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650788922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-1     Document Type: Article

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