Operational assessment of access to ART in rural Africa: The example of Kisantu in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 686-693

  Van Rompaey, Sara ^a   Kimfuta, Jaques ^b   Kimbondo, Pierre ^c   Monn, Cecilia ^b,c   Buvé, Anne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Health Zone Management   (Congo)

^c Medicine Department of Hopital St Luc   (Congo)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

access; ART; Democratic Republic of the Congo; HIV AIDS; VCT

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79956309332     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.532538     Document Type: Article

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