Has Global Fund support for civil society advocacy in the Former Soviet Union established meaningful engagement or 'a lot of jabber about nothing'?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-308

  Harmer, Andrew ^a   Spicer, Neil ^b   Aleshkina, Julia ^c   Bogdan, Daryna ^d   Chkhatarashvili, Ketevan ^e   Murzalieva, Gulgun ^c   Rukhadze, Natia ^e   Samiev, Arnol ^f   Walt, Gill ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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

^c Health Policy Analysis Center   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^e CURATIO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Georgia)

^f Independent Consultant   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Civil Society; former Soviet Union; Global Fund; HIV AIDS; injecting drug use

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KYRGYZSTAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UKRAINE; ADVOCACY; ARTICLE; CIVIL SOCIETY; FORMER SOVIET UNION; GLOBAL FUND; HIV/AIDS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTING DRUG USE;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KYRGYZSTAN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UKRAINE;

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; FORMER SOVIET UNION; GLOBAL FUND; HIV/AIDS; INJECTING DRUG USE;

EID: 84877299459     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs060     Document Type: Article

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