Toward universal access to HIV counseling and testing and antiretroviral treatment in ethiopia: Looking beyond HIV testing and art initiation

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 521-525

  Assefa, Yibeltal ^a,b   Damme, Wim Van ^b   Mariam, Damen Haile ^c   Kloos, Helmut ^d  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHIOPIA; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 77955859622     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0286     Document Type: Article

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