From HIV diagnosis to treatment: Evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural tanzania

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nsigaye, Ray ^a   Wringe, Alison ^b   Roura, Maria ^b   Kalluvya, Samuel ^c   Urassa, Mark ^a   Busza, Joanna ^b   Zaba, Basia ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 79959315411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-31     Document Type: Article

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