Rates, barriers and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure among women in developing countries: implications for prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes

Rates, barriers and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure among women in developing countries: implications for prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes

This paper synthesizes the rates, barriers, and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure among women in developing countries. We identified 17 studies from peer-reviewed journals and international conference abstracts - 15 from sub-Saharan Africa and 2 from south-east Asia - that included information o...

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Main Authors: Medley Amy, Garcia-Moreno Claudia, McGill Scott, Maman Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
HIV seropositivity
Truth disclosure
Women
Sexual partners
Psychology
Social
HIV infections/transmission
Disease transmission, Vertical/prevention and control
Counseling
Review literature
Meta-analysis
Africa South of the Sahara
Thailand
Developing countries
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400013

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