Quality of sexually transmitted infections services for female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 638-643

  Vuylsteke, B ^a,b,e   Traore, M ^c,e   Mah Bi, G ^c,e   Konan, Y ^c,e   Ghys, P ^a,b,f   Diarra, J ^c,e   Laga, M ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Asapsu ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^f UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Female sex workers; Quality of care; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHARMACIST; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VENEREOLOGY;

ABIDJAN; AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2442650052     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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