Expanding the role of community mobilization to accelerate progress towards ending vertical transmission of HIV in Uganda: The Networks model

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mburu, Gitau ^a   Iorpenda, Kate ^a   Muwanga, Fred ^b  

^a International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^b International HIV AIDS Alliance   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Community mobilization; Male involvement; Networks model; People living with HIV; Uganda; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA;

EID: 84891511997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.4.17386     Document Type: Article

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