Framing, ideology and evidence: Uganda's HIV success and the development of PEPFAR's 'ABC' policy for HIV prevention

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-36

  Parkhurst, Justin O ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC; Evidence based policy; Framing; HIV AIDS; PEPFAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873842601     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426412X620119     Document Type: Article

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