Missed opportunities: poor linkage into ongoing care for HIV-positive pregnant women in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Global coverage of prevention of mother-to-child (PMTCT) services reached 53% in 2009. However the number of pregnant women who test positive for HIV in antenatal clinics and who link into long-term HIV care is not known in many resource-poor countries. We measured the proportion of HIV-positive pre...
Main Authors: | Deborah Watson-Jones, Rebecca Balira, David A Ross, Helen A Weiss, David Mabey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3392272?pdf=render |
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