Scaling Up Community ART Groups in Mozambique
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Community ART Support Groups in Mozambique: The Potential of Patients as Partners in Care
BACKGROUND High rates of attrition are stymying Mozambique's national HIV Program's efforts to achieve 80% treatment coverage. In response, Mozambique implemented a national pilot of Community Adherence and Support Groups (CASG). CASG is a model in which antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients form groups of up to six patients. On a rotating basis one CASG group member collects ART medications at...
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عنوان ژورنال: International STD Research & Reviews
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2347-5196
DOI: 10.9734/isrr/2013/5867