title: Airborne outreach: building HIV capacity and strengthening health care systems in rural Botswana.
abstract: There is a paucity of research demonstrating how HIV-funded services in Africa have improved equity and access to non-HIV services for both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. In this short communication, we describe the impact of an airborne outreach program to provide HIV services to high-HIV burden health facilities in rural Botswana. The analysis demonstrates how this HIV-funded program enhanced access to essential subspecialist services at several rural health facilities across Botswana.
authors.affiliation: Botswana UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
authors.forename: Michael J A
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haverkamp
authors.forename: Tammi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Brianna L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kirk
mesh_terms: D001902:Botswana; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019035:Rural Health Services
keywords: HIV; airborne; health care system strengthening; outreach