Antenatal voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Barbados: success and barriers to implementation
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Antenatal voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Barbados. Success and barriers to implementation.
OBJECTIVE To determine the success of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV and to identify the barriers to implementation when VCT is offered as a package integrated with antenatal care. METHODS In this descriptive study we investigated antenatal VCT and HIV testing in all post-parturient women at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados, who gave birth between April and S...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892004000400004