Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
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Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
BACKGROUND Efforts to increase access to life-saving treatment, including antiretroviral therapy (ART), for people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings has been the growing focus of international efforts. One of the greatest challenges to scaling up will be the limited supply of adequately trained human resources for health, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other skilled ...
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1HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 2Vaccine and Infectious Disease & Public Health Science Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 3Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 4 Infectious Diseases Section, AIDS Program, Yale University School of Medicin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-4-1