Repeat HIV testing during pregnancy and delivery: Missed opportunities in a rural district hospital in Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-283

  Heemelaar, Steffie ^a   Habets, Nicole ^a   Makukula, Ziche ^a   van Roosmalen, Jos ^b,c   van den Akker, Thomas ^b  

^a St Francis Hospital Katete   (Zambia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV; Maternal and child health; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PARENTAL CARE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84922657614     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12432     Document Type: Article

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