Feasibility and acceptability of rapid HIV screening in a labour ward in Togo

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ekouevi, Didier K ^a,b   Kariyiare, Benjamin G ^a   Coffie, Patrick A ^c   Jutand, Marthe Aline ^d   Akpadza, Koffi ^e   Lawson Evi, Annette ^e   Tatagan, Albert ^e   Dabis, François ^b,d   Sibe, Mathieu ^d   Pitche, Vincent P ^f   Becquet, Renaud ^b,d   David, Mireille ^e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Campus   (Togo)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^f Programme National de Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Togo)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Africa; HIV; Labour; Mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIV RAPID TEST; HIV SCREENING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNITY WARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCREENING; TOGO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TOGO;

EID: 84867477860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.2.17380     Document Type: Article

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