Indicators of political commitment to respond to HIV

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Goldberg, Allison B ^a   Fox, Ashley M ^b   Gore, Radhika J ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84857436310     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050221     Document Type: Review

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