Home-Based Versus Mobile Clinic HIV Testing and Counseling in Rural Lesotho: A Cluster-Randomized Trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel ^a   Motlomelo, Masetsibi ^b   Cerutti, Bernard ^c   Pfeiffer, Karolin ^d   Kamele, Mashaete ^e   Hobbins, Michael A ^d   Ehmer, Jochen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Seboche Hospital   (Lesotho)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d SolidarMed Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^e SolidarMed Lesotho Paray Hospital   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNIZATION; LESOTHO; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MALE; MASS SCREENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920987213     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001768     Document Type: Article

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