Equity in access to ARV drugs in Malawi
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Equity in access to ARV drugs in Malawi.
This paper discusses the issue of equity in the distribution of ARV drugs in the Malawi health system. Malawi is one of the countries most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. It is also one of the poorest countries in the world. ARV drugs are expensive.The Malawi government, with assistance from the Global Fund on Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS, started providing free ARV drug...
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عنوان ژورنال: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1729-0376,1813-4424
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2007.9724818