Maximising the benefi ts of home-based HIV testing

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e4-e5

  Ferrand, Rashida ^a   Ford, Nathan ^b   Kranzer, Katharina ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HOME BASED COUNSELING AND TESTING; HOME BASED HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; MALE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84922051721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)00039-3     Document Type: Note

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