Integrating HIV testing and care into tuberculosis services in Benin: Programmatic aspects

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1402-1404

  Ferroussier, Odile ^a   Dlodlo, R A ^a   Capo Chichi, D ^b   Boillot, F ^a   Gninafon, M ^b   Trebucq A ^a   Fujiwara, P I ^a  

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

^b Programme National de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose   (Benin)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy; Integrated TB HIV care; Provider initiated testing and counselling; TB HIV collaboration

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DECENTRALIZATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BENIN; COINFECTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84888084268     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0592     Document Type: Article

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