Towards a family-centered approach to HIV treatment and care for HIV-exposed children, their mothers and their families in poorly resourced settings

Future Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 687-696

  Rochat, Tamsen Jean ^a   Bland, Ruth ^a,b   Coovadia, Hoosen ^a,c   Stein, Alan ^d   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence; care; child development; disclosure; family centered; HIV exposed children; HIV infected mothers; prevention; treatment

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MATERNAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

EID: 79958253778     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.45     Document Type: Article

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