Provider challenges in implementing antenatal provider-initiated hiv testing and counseling programs in Uganda

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Medley, Amy M ^a   Kennedy, Caitlin E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 77950961743     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.2.87     Document Type: Article

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