Clinical Outcomes Among HIV-Positive Adolescents Attending an Integrated and Comprehensive Adolescent-Focused HIV Care Program in Rural Rwanda

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 437-450

  Merkel, Emily ^a   Gupta, Neil ^a,b   Nyirimana, Alice ^a   Niyonsenga, Simon Pierre ^c   Nahimana, Evrard ^a   Stulac, Sara ^a,b,d,e   Drobac, Peter ^a,b,c,e   Cyamatare, Felix Rwabukwisi ^a  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Africa; counseling; program evaluation; psychosocial intervention; treatment retention; viral load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84884277283     PISSN: 15381501     EISSN: 1538151X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2013.775684     Document Type: Article

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