Fertility desires and family planning demand among HIV-positive clients in follow-up care at antiretroviral treatment unit in Gondar university hospital, Ethiopia

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-35

  Tesfaye, Lidya ^a   Admassu, Mengesha ^a   Getachew, Assefa ^a   Sharma, Hardeep R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

antiretroviral treatment; family planning; fertility desires; Gondar; HIV positive clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858779335     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.647114     Document Type: Article

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