The costs and effectiveness of four HIV counseling and testing strategies in Uganda

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Menzies, Nick ^a,b,c   Abang, Betty ^d   Wanyenze, Rhoda ^e   Nuwaha, Fred ^f   Mugisha, Balaam ^g   Coutinho, Alex ^h   Bunnell, Rebecca ⁱ   Mermin, Jonathan ⁱ   Blandford, John M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CDC Uganda   (Uganda)

^e Mulago Mbarara Teaching Hospitals' Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)   (Uganda)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g AIDS Information Centre (AIC)   (Uganda)

^h THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION   (Uganda)

ⁱ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Uganda; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849114971     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328321e40b     Document Type: Article

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