Non-adherence to the single dose nevirapine regimen for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Bindura town, Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional analytic study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kuonza, Lazarus R ^a   Tshuma, Clemence D ^b   Shambira, Gerald N ^a   Tshimanga, Mufuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77951602341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-218     Document Type: Article

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