Improved knowledge and practices among end-users of mother-to-child transmission of HIV prevention services in rural Zimbabwe

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Orne Gliemann, J ^a,b   Mukotekwa, T ^b   Perez, F ^a   Miller, A ^b,c   Sakarovitch, C ^a   Glenshaw, M ^d   Engelsmann, B ^b   Dabis, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Institut de Santé Publique   (Zimbabwe)

^c ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Murambinda Mission Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

HIV; Knowledge; PMTCT; Rural Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33644826267     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01563.x     Document Type: Review

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