The pratt pouch provides a three-fold access increase to antiretroviral medication for births outside health facilities in southern Zambia

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-18

  Dahinten, Alexander P ^a   Malkin, Robert A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARV access; Developing countries; HIV; Homebirth; Non facility birth; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ARV ACCESS; CLINICAL FEASIBILITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HOMEBIRTH; LEVEL OF SATISFACTION; NON-FACILITY BIRTH; PMTCT; POST INTERVENTIONS;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84971602787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701610010012     Document Type: Article

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