Expanding HIV care in Africa: making men matter.

نویسندگان

  • Edward J Mills
  • Nathan Ford
  • Peter Mugyenyi
چکیده

www.thelancet.com Vol 374 July 25, 2009 275 initial reaction was mixed, but all agreed with the main message: clinical experts who write guidelines are often infl uenced by (usually) declared fi nancial confl icts and by equally important undeclared intellectual confl icts of interest. These confl icts of interest should be managed by placing the fi nal responsibility for recommendations in the hands of unconfl icted methodologists. The result will be improved integrity of future guidelines.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Lancet

دوره 374 9686  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009