HIV donor funding has both boosted and curbed the delivery of different non-HIV health services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1406-1414

  Grépin, Karen A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84866269451     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0279     Document Type: Article

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