Limits to evidence-based health policymaking: Policy hurdles to structural HIV prevention in Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1477-1485

  Hunsmann, Moritz ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cofactors; Cost effectiveness; Evidence based policymaking; Health policy; HIV prevention; Structural prevention; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DONOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CAPITAL FINANCING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84859758739     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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