Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: Ukraine experience to date

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Malyuta, Ruslan ^a,d   Newell, Marie Louise ^b   Ostergren, Mikael ^a   Thorne, Claire ^b   Zhilka, Nadezhda ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral; HIV infection; Infants; Pregnant; Prevention; Prophylaxis; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; UKRAINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33645472174     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki150     Document Type: Article

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