Study protocol for the Integra Initiative to assess the benefits and costs of integrating sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Kenya and Swaziland

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Warren, Charlotte E ^a   Mayhew, Susannah H ^b   Vassall, Anna ^b   Kimani, James Kelly ^a   Church, Kathryn ^b   Obure, Carol Dayo ^b   Du Preez, Natalie Friend ^b   Abuya, Timothy ^a   Mutemwa, Richard ^b   Colombini, Manuela ^b   Birdthistle, Isolde ^b   Askew, Ian ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV services; Integration; Sexual and reproductive health; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; SWAZILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868665206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-973     Document Type: Article

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