Anonymous HIV workplace surveys as an advocacy tool for affordable private health insurance in Namibia

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  De Beer, Ingrid ^a   Coutinho, Hannah M ^b   Van Wyk, Peter J ^c   Gaeb, Esegiel ^d   De Wit, Tobias Rinke ^b,e   Van Vugt, Michèle ^b,e  

^a PharmAccess Foundation Namibia   (Namibia)

^b PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Namibia Business Coalition for AIDS   (Namibia)

^d Namibia Institute of Pathology   (Namibia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINING; NAMIBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84857233101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-32     Document Type: Article

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