Addressing the fear and consequences of stigmatization - a necessary step towards making HAART accessible to women in Tanzania: A qualitative study

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Theilgaard, Zahra P ^a   Katzenstein, Terese L ^a   Chiduo, Mercy G ^b   Pahl, Christiane ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^c   Gerstoft, Jan ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^b   Tersbøl, Britt P ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDEPENDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STIGMA; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960892909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-8-28     Document Type: Article

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