Women's expectations of treatment and care after an antenatal HIV diagnosis in Lilongwe, Malawi

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 152-161

  Levy, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to HIV treatment; antenatal care; HIV testing and counselling; Malawi; prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66449094088     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33436-9     Document Type: Article

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