Countries where HIV is concentrated among most-at-risk populations get disproportionally lower funding from PEPFAR

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1519-1528

  Grosso, Ashley L ^a   Tram, Khai Hoan ^b   Ryan, Owen ^c   Baral, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Foundation for AIDS Research   (United States)

^c amfAR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PROSTITUTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84866286532     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0216     Document Type: Article

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