Challenges faced by health workers in implementing the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme in Uganda

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Nuwagaba Biribonwoha, H ^a   Mayon White, R T ^b   Okong, P ^c   Carpenter, L M ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Health impact assessment; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548203534     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm025     Document Type: Article

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