How PEPFAR's public-private partnerships achieved ambitious goals, from improving labs to strengthening supply chains

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1450-1458

  Sturchio, Jeffrey L ^a   Cohen, Gary M ^b  

^a BD ^*

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRESIDENT EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIOLENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PLANNING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866292198     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0585     Document Type: Article

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