Lessons learnt from promising practices in community engagement for the elimination of new HIV infections in children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive: Summary of a desk review

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gulaid, Laurie Ackerman ^a   Kiragu, Karusa ^b  

^a Freelance consultant ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Community based monitoring; Community based organizations; Elimination of HIV infections among children and keeping mothers alive; Greater involvement of people living with HIV; Male engagement; Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV; Promising practices; Right to health; Social and behaviour change communication

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 84886101746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.4.17390     Document Type: Review

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