High uptake of home-based, district-wide, HIV counseling and testing in Uganda

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 735-741

  Tumwesigye, Elioda ^a   Wana, Goodwill ^a   Kasasa, Simon ^b   Muganzi, Elly ^a   Nuwaha, Fred ^b  

^a Integrated Community Based Initiatives ^*  (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DRINKING WATER; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149435365     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2010.0096     Document Type: Article

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