Modifications to ART service delivery models by health facilities in Uganda in promotion of intervention sustainability: A mixed methods study

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zakumumpa, Henry ^a   Bennett, Sara ^b   Ssengooba, Freddie ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; ART scale up; Health services delivery; Health systems; Implementation; Resource limited settings; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MODEL; PHARMACY; SCALE UP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UGANDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE; INTERVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UGANDA;

EID: 85016973376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0578-8     Document Type: Article

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