The global strategy to eliminate HIV infection in infants and young children: A seven-country assessment of costs and feasibility

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 987-995

  Nakakeeto, Olive N ^a,b   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti HIV agents economics therapeutic use; Disease transmission; Female; HIV infections economics costs cost effectiveness; Humans; Infant; Infectious economics prevention and control; Pregnancy complications; Vertical economics prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67049171635     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832a17e9     Document Type: Article

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