Building a national direction for research in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: Results from a national prioritization initiative in Malawi

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Landes, Megan ^a,b   Lettow, Monique van ^b,c   Cataldo, Fabian ^b,d   Chan, Adrienne K ^b,c,e   Barr, Beth T ^f   Harries, Anthony D ^g,h   Bedell, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

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

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

Author keywords

Malawi; National agenda; PMTCT Option B+; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84886179308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-40     Document Type: Note

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