Low prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in young women attending a youth counselling service in Maputo, Mozambique

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Melo, Josefa ^a   Folgosa, Elena ^a   Manjate, Delfina ^a   Osman, Nafissa ^b   Francois, Isabelle ^c   Temmerman, Marleen ^c   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^d   Colombo, Mauro M ^e  

^a Edwards Mondlane University   (Mozambique)

^b MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Counselling; Mozambique; STI; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 39449087899     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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