The feasibility of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV using peer counselors in Zimbabwe

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shetty, Avinash K ^a   Marangwanda, Caroline ^b   Stranix Chibanda, Lynda ^b,c   Chandisarewa, Winfreda ^b   Chirapa, Elizabeth ^b   Mahomva, Agnes ^d   Miller, Anna ^e   Simoyi, Micah ^f   Maldonado, Yvonne ^g  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^e ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f Chitungwiza Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PEER COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 49949108019     PISSN: 17426405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-5-17     Document Type: Article

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