Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs to improve uptake: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Car, Lorainne Tudor ^a   van Velthoven, Michelle H M M T ^a   Brusamento, Serena ^a   Elmoniry, Hoda ^a   Car, Josip ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Tugwell, Peter ^b   Welch, Vivian ^b   Marusic, Ana ^c   Atun, Rifat ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84860442719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035268     Document Type: Review

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