Strengthening government management capacity to scale up HIV prevention programs through the use of Technical Support Units: Lessons from Karnataka state, India

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 444-458

  Sgaier, Sema K ^a   Anthony, John ^b   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^b   Baer, James ^c   Malve, Vidyacharan ^b   Bhalla, Aparajita ^c   Hugar, Vijaykumar S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b India Health Action Trust   (India)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84990943240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00141     Document Type: Article

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