HIV prevention is not enough: Child survival in the context of prevention of mother to child HIV transmission

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kuhn, Louise ^a   Sinkala, Moses ^b   Thea, Don M ^c   Kankasa, Chipepo ^d   Aldrovandi, Grace M ^e  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Catholic Medical Mission Board   (Zambia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78149412660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-36     Document Type: Note

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