PEPFAR's support for orphans and vulnerable children: Some beneficial effects, but too little data, and programs spread thin

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1508-1518

  Bryant, Malcolm ^a   Beard, Jennifer ^b   Sabin, Lora ^a   Brooks, Mohamad I ^a   Scott, Nancy ^a   Larson, Bruce A ^b   Biemba, Godfrey ^a,b   Miller, Candace ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84866291344     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0230     Document Type: Article

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