Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: Using supply chain management to appraise health systems strengthening

Globalization and Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Windisch, Ricarda ^a,b   Waiswa, Peter ^c,d   Neuhann, Florian ^e   Scheibe, Florian ^e   de Savigny, Don ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d Makerere Iganga Mayuge (DHSS)   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

DRUG; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCALE UP; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

UGANDA;

EID: 79960856846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-25     Document Type: Article

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