Early assessment of the implementation of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Cameroon and the effects of staff training: A survey in 70 rural health care facilities

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-293

  Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel ^a,e   Manga, Engelbert ^b   Ndam, Mama ^b   Balo, Jean Richard ^b   Bischoff, Alexandre ^c   Stoll, Beat ^d  

^a Office of the Surgeon General Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Antenatal care; Cameroon; Human immunodeficiency virus; Nurse training; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREASTFEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHECKLIST; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 60349108252     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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