Use of peers, community lay persons and Village Health Team (VHT) members improves six-week postnatal clinic (PNC) follow-up and Early Infant HIV Diagnosis (EID) in urban and rural health units in Uganda: A one-year implementation study

BACKGROUND: Effective Prevention of Mother to child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) relies heavily on follow-up of HIV-infected women and infants from antenatal, through postnatal, to the end of the breastfeeding period. In Uganda, postnatal (PNC) follow-up remains below 50 % creating a missed opportuni...

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Autores principales: Namukwaya, Zikulah, Barlow-Mosha, Linda, Mudiope, Peter, Kekitiinwa, Adeodata, Matovu, Joyce Namale, Musingye, Ezra, Ssebaggala, Jane Ntongo, Nakyanzi, Teopista, Abwooli, Jubilee John, Mirembe, Dorothy, Etima, Juliane, Bitarakwate, Edward, Fowler, Mary Glenn, Musoke, Philippa Martha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1213-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1213-5

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