An evaluation of the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief effect on health systems strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-479

  Cohen, Robert L ^a   Li, Yuanzhang ^a   Giese, Russell ^b   Mancuso, James D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Health systems strengthening; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; PEPFAR; TB

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85027958347     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182816a86     Document Type: Article

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