Going beyond the vertical: Leveraging a national HIV quality improvement programme to address other health priorities in Haiti

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S165-S173

  Joseph, Jean Paul ^a   Jerome, Gregory ^a   Lambert, Wesler ^a   Almazor, Patrick ^a   Cupidon, Colette Eugene ^b   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^c,d,e  

^a Zamni LaSante   (United States)

^b Direction Sanitaire de l'Artibonite Gonaives   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^e PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Haiti; HIV; Quality improvement; Quality management; Resourcelimited settings; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HAITIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HAITI; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STANDARD OF CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84973427369     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000715     Document Type: Article

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