Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling among tuberculosis patients in a hospital in the Oromia region of Ethiopia
Summary: Background: Routine testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in settings with generalized HIV epidemics affords the benefit of diagnosing the infection early and thereby preventing morbidity, mortality and sustained transmission; early detection hastens the initiation of cotrimoxazol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034113000166 |