Reasons for loss to follow-up among mothers registered in a prevention-of-mother-to-child transmission program in rural Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1195-1200

  Bwirire, L D ^a   Fitzgerald, M ^a   Zachariah, R ^b   Chikafa, V ^a   Massaquoi, M ^a   Moens, M ^a   Kamoto, K ^c   Schouten, E J ^c,d  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; HIV; Loss to follow up; Malawi; PMTCT; Vertical disease transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; TABOO; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 54949159133     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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