Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) implementation in rural community health centres in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

Journal of Psychology in Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 415-418

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Prado, Guillermo ^d   Horigian, Viviana ^d   Weiss, Stephen ^e   Cook, Ryan ^e   Sifunda, Sibusiso ^a   Jones, Deborah ^e  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Barriers; Organisational factors; PMTCT implementation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032274833     PISSN: 14330237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2016.1219537     Document Type: Article

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