Interventions to improve the performance of HIV health systems for treatment-as-prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: The experimental evidence

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-150

  Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Tanser, Frank ^a   Dabis, François ^c   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence, antiretroviral treatment; HIV testing; HIV treatment as prevention; randomized controlled trials; retention

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857366408     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32834fc1df     Document Type: Review

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