Providing comprehensive care to children living with human immunodeficiency virus in Senegal

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-360

  Mbaye, Ngagne ^a   Rosenberg, Alana ^b   Diouf, Saliou ^c   Diouf, Maty ^a   Ntumbanzondo, Mposo ^d   Ndiour, Adama ^a   Diouf, Ousmane ^a   Ouattara, Aminata K ^c   Ouattara, Yvonne ^e   Boussari, Landry ^e   Hartwig, Kari A ^f  

^a Synergie pour l'Enfance   (Senegal)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Bureau d'Appui en Santé Publique '96 BASP'96   (Burkina Faso)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Children living with HIV; Comprehensive care; Continuum of care; Partnership; Senegal

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450086025     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903012958     Document Type: Article

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