Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis and HIV in China: What drives political prioritization and what can this tell us about promoting dual elimination?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 130, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S32-S36

  Wu, Dadong ^a   Hawkes, Sarah ^a   Buse, Kent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; China; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NEGLECT; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADULT; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHINA; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84931562058     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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