Implementation and operational research in francophone Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Dabis, François ^a,b,d   Bazin, Brigitte ^b   Delfraissy, Jean François ^b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 79959700149     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822272c0     Document Type: Editorial

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