Implementing services for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV: A comparative descriptive analysis of national programs in four countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chatterjee, Anirban ^a   Tripathi, Sangeeta ^b   Gass, Robert ^b   Hamunime, Ndapewa ^c   Panha, Sok ^d   Kiyaga, Charles ^e   Wade, Abdoulaye ^f   Barnhart, Matthew ^b   Luo, Chewe ^b   Ekpini, Rene ^b  

^a UNICEF Ghana ^*  (Ghana)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Namibia)

^d National Center for HIV/AIDS   (Cambodia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 79960147212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-553     Document Type: Article

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