Effectiveness and acceptability of delivery of antiretroviral treatment in health centres by health officers and nurses in Ethiopia

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Assefa, Yibeltal ^a,c   Kiflie, Abiyou ^a   Tekle, Betru ^a   Mariam, Damen Haile ^a   Laga, Marie ^b   Van Damme, Wim ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Planning Monitoring and Evaluation ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856286991     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2011.010135     Document Type: Article

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