Opt-out provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in primary care outpatient clinics in Zambia;Conseils et dépistage du vih engagés par des professionnels de la santé dans les principales cliniques pour patients en consultation externe en Zambie

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-333

  Topp, Stephanie M ^a   Chipukuma, Julien M ^a   Chiko, Matimba M ^b   Wamulume, Chibesa S ^b   Bolton Moore, Carolyn ^a   Reid, Stewart E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b District Health Management Team   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COUNSELING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIV TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; ZAMBIA;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ZAMBIA;

LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; ZAMBIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79955978317     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.084442     Document Type: Article

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