Integration of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) postpartum services with other HIV care and treatment services within the maternal and child health setting in Zimbabwe, 2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wiegert, Katherine ^a,b   Dinh, Thu Ha ^c   Mushavi, Angela ^d   Mugurungi, Owen ^d   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a,c  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; TETANUS; TURNAROUND TIME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE; HIV INFECTIONS; NEWBORN; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84902578623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098236     Document Type: Article

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