Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 27 , Pages 24-26 , May 2006

Health System Strengthening and Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy: The Need for Context-Specific Delivery Models: Comment on Schneider et al

  • Wim Van Damme

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Guy Kegels

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27243-4

Reproductive Health Matters
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