Incidence of pregnancy among women accessing antiretroviral therapy in Urban Malawi: A retrospective cohort study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 471-478

  Tweya, Hannock ^a,b   Feldacker, Caryl ^b,c,d   Breeze, Elizabeth ^e   Jahn, Andreas ^c,d,f   Haddad, Lisa Blake ^g   Ben Smith, Anne ^h   Chaweza, Thom ^b   Phiri, Sam ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^c International Training   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Maame Akua 43/2/391 ^*  (Malawi)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Family planning; Malawi; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880925144     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0150-0     Document Type: Article

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