Rapid implementation of an integrated large-scale hiv counseling and testing, malaria, and diarrhea prevention campaign in rural kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lugada, Eric ^a   Millar, Debra ^b   Haskew, John ^c   Grabowsky, Mark ^d   Garg, Navneet ^e   Vestergaard, Mikkel ^e   Kahn, James ^f   Muraguri, Nicholas ^g   Mermin, Jonathan ^h  

^a CHF International   (Kenya)

^b CHF International   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ESP/UN Foundation   (United States)

^e Vestergaard Frandsen SA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WIDOW; WIDOWER; COUNSELING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957872085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012435     Document Type: Article

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