Facing up to programmatic challenges created by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Heidari, Shirin ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b,c   Zachariah, Rony ^d  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; EDITORIAL; HUMAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 79960100469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-S1-S1     Document Type: Article

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