Barriers to accessing highly active antiretroviral therapy by HIV-positive women attending an antenatal clinic in a regional hospital in western Uganda

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Duff, Putu ^a   Kipp, Walter ^a,b   Wild, T Cameron ^a   Rubaale, Tom ^b   Okech Ojony, Joa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Community ARV Project ^*  (Uganda)

^c Kabarole District Health Office   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; UGANDA; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957848695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-37     Document Type: Article

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