Provider-initiated testing and counselling programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of their operational implementation

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 617-626

  Roura, Maria ^a,b   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,c   Kahawita, Tanya M ^a   Ferguson, Laura ^d,e   Ross, David A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; healthcare; HIV diagnostic tests; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDER INITIATED TESTING AND COUNSELLING PROGRAM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84873352238     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835b7048     Document Type: Article

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