The impact of scaling-up prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV infection on the human resource requirement: The need to go beyond numbers

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-29

  Simba, Daudi ^a   Kamwela, Jerome ^b   Mpembeni, Rose ^a   Msamanga, Gernard ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders in Africa for HIV/AIDS   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Human resource; PMTCT; Tanzania; Workload

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RESOURCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIVITY; MOTHERS EDUCATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; WORKLOAD;

TANZANIA;

EID: 77649298934     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.950     Document Type: Article

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