HIV testing in national population-based surveys: experience from the Demographic and Health Surveys

HIV testing in national population-based surveys: experience from the Demographic and Health Surveys

OBJECTIVES: To describe the methods used in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to collect nationally representative data on the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and assess the value of such data to country HIV surveillance systems. METHODS: During 2001-04, national samples of a...

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Main Authors:	Vinod Mishra, Martin Vaessen, J Ties Boerma, Fred Arnold, Ann Way, Bernard Barrere, Anne Cross, Rathavuth Hong, Jasbir Sangha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2006-07-01
Series:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000700015&lng=en&tlng=en

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