Paediatric HIV management at primary care level: An evaluation of the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guidelines for HIV

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-

  Horwood, Christiane ^a   Vermaak, Kerry ^a   Rollins, Nigel ^a,b   Haskins, Lyn ^a   Nkosi, Phumla ^a   Qazi, Shamim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70449397355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-59     Document Type: Article

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