A bird's eye view of PMTCT coverage at two regional hospitals and their referral clinics in a resource-limited setting

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-125

  Moodley, Dhayendre ^a   Srikewal, Jyothi ^a   Msweli, Lindiwe ^a   Maharaj, Niren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WARD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79551707042     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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