Assessing missed opportunities for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in an Eastern Cape local service area

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Rispel, Laetitia C ^a   Peltzer, K ^b,c   Phaswana Mafuya, N ^b,d   Metcalf, C A ^b   Treger, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; NEVIRAPINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT GROUP; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68949101896     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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