Community strategies that improve care and retention along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV cascade: A review

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Marcos, Yabsera ^a   Phelps, Benjamin Ryan ^a   Bachman, Gretchen ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community oriented; Community based; HIV; Loss to follow up; PMTCT cascade; Retention; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84879117682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.4.17394     Document Type: Review

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