Elimination of paediatric HIV in kwazulu-natal, South Africa: Large-scale assessment of interventions for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission;Élimination du VIH pédiatrique dans le kwazulu-natal, afrique du sud: Évaluation à grande échelle des mesures de prévention contre la transmission mère-enfant

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Horwood, Christiane ^a   Vermaak, Kerry ^a   Butler, Lisa ^b   Haskins, Lyn ^a   Phakathi, Sifso ^a   Rollins, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NEVIRAPINE; VIRUS DNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857842996     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.092056     Document Type: Article

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