Critical interactions between the global fund-supported HIV programs and the health system in Ghana

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Atun, Rifat ^a,b   Pothapregada, Sai Kumar ^a   Kwansah, Janet ^c   Degbotse, D ^c   Lazarus, Jeffrey V ^a,d  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ghana Ministry of Health   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AIDS; health systems; HIV; horizontal; integration; vertical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 79960002045     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318221842a     Document Type: Article

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