Engagement of non-government organisations and community care workers in collaborative TB/HIV activities including prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Uwimana, Jeannine ^a   Zarowsky, Christina ^a   Hausler, Harry ^a,b   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b TB/HIV Care Association   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collaborative TB HIV activities; Community care workers; Participation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; COOPERATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864492183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-233     Document Type: Article

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