Progress of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV at primary healthcare facilities and district hospitals in three South African provinces

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-83

  Grimwood, Ashraf ^a   Fatti, Geoffrey ^a   Mothibi, Eula ^a   Eley, Brian ^b   Jackson, Debra ^c  

^a Kheth'Impilo AIDS free living   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LETTER; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856606805     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5294     Document Type: Letter

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