Implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya is …
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P356DOI10.1016/J.TRSTMH.2011.02.011
P698PubMed publication ID21511317
P5875ResearchGate publication ID51068634

P2093author name stringTony Reid
Kerry A Thomson
Erastus O Cheti
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P433issue6
P921main subjectpreventionQ1717246
prevention of HIV/AIDSQ7242372
KenyaQ114
HIV transmissionQ49029021
P304page(s)320-326
P577publication date2011-04-20
P1433published inTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneQ15766916
P1476titleImplementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
P478volume105

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