Optimising the cost and delivery of HIV counselling and testing services in Kenya and Swaziland

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 498-503

  Obure, Carol Dayo ^a   Vassall, Anna ^a   Michaels, Christine ^a   Terris Prestholt, Fern ^a   Mayhew, Susannah ^a   Stackpool Moore, Lucy ^b   Warren, Charlotte ^c   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

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

^b International Planned Parenthood Federation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWASILAND;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84871363744     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050544     Document Type: Article

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