Should home-based HIV testing and counseling services be offered periodically in programs of ARV treatment as prevention? A case study in Likoma (Malawi)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2100-2108

  Helleringer, Stéphane ^a   Mkandawire, James ^b   Reniers, Georges ^c   Kalilani Phiri, Linda ^d   Kohler, Hans Peter ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Invest in Knowledge Initiative Pijo House ^*  (Malawi)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; HIV prevention; HIV testing and counseling; Home based services; Malawi; Treatment as prevention

Indexed keywords

COSTUNOLIDE; SESQUITERPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SESQUITERPENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879028765     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0365-0     Document Type: Article

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