Scaling up early infant diagnosis of HIV in Rwanda, 2008-2010

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-16

  Binagwaho, Agnes ^a,b   Mugwaneza, Placidie ^c   Irakoze, Ange Anitha ^c   Nsanzimana, Sabin ^c   Agbonyitor, Mawuena ^d   Nutt, Cameron T ^e,f   Wagner, Claire M ^f   Rukundo, Alphonse ^c   Ahayo, Anita ^c   Drobac, Peter ^b,c,g,h   Karema, Corine ^c   Hinda, Ruton ^a   Leung, Lucinda ^b   Bandara, Sachini ^b   Chopyak, Elena ^b   Fawzi, Mary C Smith ^b  

^a Ministry of Health of Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^f Global Health Delivery Partnership   (United States)

^g PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; early infant diagnosis; HIV testing; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; RWANDA; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CAPACITY BUILDING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; RWANDA;

EID: 84873948118     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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