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The Contribution of Family Planning towards the Prevention of Vertical HIV Transmission in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Uganda has one of the highest total fertility rates (TFR) worldwide. We compared the effects of antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) to that of existing family planning (FP) use and estimated the burden of pediatric HIV disease d...

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Autores principales: Hladik, Wolfgang, Stover, John, Esiru, Godfrey, Harper, Malayah, Tappero, Jordan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19888347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007691