American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S107-S112 , September 2007

Site-specific interventions to improve prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus programs in less developed settings

  • Tabitha Sripipatana, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Allison Spensley, MPH, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Anna Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • James McIntyre, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • ,
  • Gloria Sangiwa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Arlington, VA
    • ,
  • Frederick Sawe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • David Jones

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
    • ,
  • Catherine M. Wilfert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC

Received 2 February 2006 ,Revised 8 March 2006 ,Accepted 15 March 2006.

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 Support was provided from the Global Bureau’s Center for Population, Health, and Nutrition of the United States Agency for International Development under the terms of Cooperative Agreement no. GPH-A-00-02-00011-00 (Call To Action Project) with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

 The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Agency for International Development.

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PII: S0002-9378(07)00435-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.069

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S107-S112 , September 2007

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