Implementing programs for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-constrained settings: Horizons studies, 1999-2007

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Baek, Carolyn ^a   Rutenberg, Naomi ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUERPERIUM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77950352942     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500220     Document Type: Article

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