The ESTHER hospital partnership initiative: A powerful levy for building capacities to combat the HIV pandemic in low-resource countries

Globalization and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Raguin, Gilles ^a  

^a FranceTV   (France)

Author keywords

Capacity building; HIV AIDS; Hospital partnership; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAPACITY BUILDING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FRANCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PANDEMICS; PROCEDURES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

CENTRAL AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST AFRICA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84977554796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0149-9     Document Type: Article

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