A review of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme of the Western Cape provincial government, 2003-2004

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 431-434

  Draper, Beverly ^a,b   Abdullah, Fareed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 46249126033     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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