Implementing family-focused HIV care and treatment: The first 2 years' experience of the mother-to-child transmission -plus program in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-212

  Tonwe Gold, B ^a,b,c,d   Ekouevi, D K ^b,c,d   Bosse, C A ^b   Toure, S ^b   Kone M ^b   Becquet, R ^c,d   Leroy, V ^c,d   Toro, P ^e   Dabis, F ^c,d   El Sadr, W M ^e   Abrams, E J ^e  

^a Programme ACONDA VS   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b ACONDA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral; Care; Counselling; Family approach; HIV; Mother and partners

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

CHILD CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; COUNSELING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ABIDJAN; AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60349091949     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02182.x     Document Type: Article

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