The president's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief: From successes of the emergency response to challenges of sustainable action

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1380-1388

  Merson, Michael H ^a   Curran, James W ^b   Griffith, Caroline Hope ^a   Ragunanthan, Braveen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EMERGENCIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866302230     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0206     Document Type: Article

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