Addressing poor retention of infants exposed to HIV: A quality improvement study in rural Mozambique

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ciampa, Philip J ^a,b   Tique, José A ^a,c   Jumá, Nilton ^c   Sidat, Mohsin ^d   Moon, Troy D ^a,c   Rothman, Russell L ^b   Vermund, Sten H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Friends in Global Health LLC   (Mozambique)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

HIV; Mozambique; Prevention of mother to child transmission vertical transmission; Quality improvement; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; RURAL AREA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84862146395     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31824c0267     Document Type: Article

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