Effectiveness of a PMTCT programme in rural Western Kenya

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Azcoaga Lorenzo, A ^a,b   Ferreyra, C ^a   Alvarez, A ^a   Palma, P P ^a   Velilla, E ^a   Del Amo, J ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b SERMAS   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

effectiveness; HIV; low resource settings; prevention of mother to child transmission; programme coverage

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 79952027748     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.507750     Document Type: Article

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