Vital status of pre-ART and ART patients defaulting from care in rural Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 55-62

  McGuire, Megan ^a   Munyenyembe, Tamika ^a   Szumilin, Elisabeth ^a   Heinzelmann, Annette ^a   Le Paih, Mickael ^a   Bouithy, Nenette ^a   Pujades Rodriguez, Mar ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Patient dropouts; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MALAWI;

EID: 77951865914     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02504.x     Document Type: Article

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