Lessons learned during down referral of antiretroviral treatment in tete, mozambique

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Decroo, Tom ^a   Panunzi, Isabella ^a   Das Dores, Carla ^b   Maldonado, Fernando ^a   Biot, Marc ^a   Ford, Nathan ^a   Chu, Kathryn ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Provincial Health Department   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78751636956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-6     Document Type: Article

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