Implementation of a programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a Ugandan hospital over five years: Challenges, improvements and lessons learned

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Magoni, M ^a   Okong, P ^b   Bassani, L ^a   Kituka Namaganda, P ^b   Onyango, S ^c   Giuliano, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

HIV; Mother to child transmission; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UGANDA;

EID: 33847216841     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207779949736     Document Type: Article

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