Increasing the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in a resource-limited setting

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Torpey, Kwasi ^a   Kabaso, Mushota ^a   Kasonde, Prisca ^a   Dirks, Rebecca ^a   Bweupe, Maxmillian ^b   Thompson, Catherine ^a   Mukadi, Ya Diul ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77649327936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-29     Document Type: Article

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