Antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence about need, uptake and impact from community-based cohort studies

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Todd, Jim ^a   Wringe, Ally ^a   Floyd, Sian ^a   Zaba, Basia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral therapy; Cohort; Community

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG UPTAKE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864388606     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02947.x     Document Type: Editorial

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