Health systems and HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: Matching intervention and programme evaluation strategies

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Bloom, David E ^a   Humair, Salal ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84857401686     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050303     Document Type: Review

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