Universal HIV Screening at Postnatal Points of Care: Which Public Health Approach for Early Infant Diagnosis in Côte d'Ivoire?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ndondoki, Camille ^a   Brou, Hermann ^b   Timite Konan, Marguerite ^b,c   Oga, Maxime ^b   Amani Bosse, Clarisse ^b   Menan, Hervé ^b,d   Ekouévi, Didier ^a,b   Leroy, Valériane ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Programme PAC CI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE YOPOUGON   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Laboratoire de Virologie du CeDRes   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV RAPID TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882707449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067996     Document Type: Article

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