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Knowledge, perception about antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) and adherence to ART among HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) has been identified as the greatest means of HIV infection among children. Adherence to antiretroviral drugs is necessary to prevent drug resistance and MTCT of HIV among HIV positive women. However, there is a gap in clients’ knowledge, attitudes and...

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Autores principales:	Boateng, Daniel, Kwapong, Golda Dokuaa, Agyei-Baffour, Peter
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563602/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23336813 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-2

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