Rolling out new biomedical HIV prevention tools: What can be learned from Avahan, the India AIDS initiative?

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-216

  Dallabetta, Gina ^a   Chandrasekaran, Padma ^a   Wheeler, Tisha ^a,c   Das, Anjana ^b   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmi ^b,d   Kumta, Sameer ^a   Moore, James ^a  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

interventions; key populations; peer outreach; programs; syphilis.

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRE EXPOSURE PROPYHLAXIS; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84904323267     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14064     Document Type: Review

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