Inequality in uptake of isoniazid prevention therapy and Mantoux test among pregnant women with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

BACKGROUND: HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death among pregnant women in South Africa. Isoniazid prevention therapy (IPT) strategy was implemented in South Africa concurrently with life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) to reduce the TB-associated morbidity and mortality in ind...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Adeniyi, Oladele Vincent, Selanto-Chairman, Nonkosi, Owolabi, Eyitayo Omolara, Ajayi, Anthony Idowu, Kayembe, Dominique Kabengele, Ter Goon, Daniel, Gordana, Avramovic, Lambert, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819455/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31664978
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7769-y
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