The path from a volunteer initiative to an established institution: evaluating 15 years of the development and contribution of the Lighthouse trust to the Malawian HIV response

• Main Authors: Sam Phiri (Author), Florian Neuhann (Author), Nicola Glaser (Author), Thomas Gass (Author), Thom Chaweza (Author), Hannock Tweya (Author), Lighthouse Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The HIV epidemic has triggered the development of new health institutions with a special focus on HIV care. The role of these relatively new institutions within the health systems of low-income countries like Malawi is not clearly determined. We evaluate and describe the developm...