This session focuses on considerations and challenges in meeting the health care needs of a growing global population. Attention will be placed on task shifting – the delegation of health interventions to less specialized health workers.
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Task Shifting ART Follow-Up Saves Physician Resources in Uganda
1. Cost Impact of Task Shifting for ART Treatment Follow-Up in Uganda J. Babigumira, A. Stergachis, L P. Garrison Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, School of Pharmacy Department of Global Health University of Washington Seattle B. Castelnuovo, M. Lamorde, A. Kambugu and P. Easterbrook Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University Kampala