Population level usage of health services, and HIV testing and care, prior to decentralization of antiretroviral therapy in Agago District in rural Northern Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abongomera, G ^a,b   Kiwuwa Muyingo, S ^c   Revill, P ^d   Chiwaula, L ^e   Mabugu, T ^f   Phillips, A ^g   Katabira, E ^h   Musiime, V ^a,i   Gilks, C ^j,k   Chan, A ^e,l   Hakim, J ^f   Colebunders, R ^b   Kityo, C ^a   Gibb, D M ^g   Seeley, J ^c,m   Ford, D ^g  

^a JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

ⁱ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

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Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy rollout; Health service usage; HIV services; Population survey; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL; UGANDA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949033847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1194-4     Document Type: Article

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