Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009

BACKGROUND: The burden of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda is high. The aim of this paper is to describe the experience of the first 7 years of the prevention of mother- to- child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in Mbale Regional Hospital, Eastern Uganda, with particular reference...

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Main Authors: Byamugisha, Robert, Tylleskär, Thorkild, Kagawa, Mike N, Onyango, Saul, Karamagi, Charles AS, Tumwine, James K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964695/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20946632
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-290
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