Improving clinic attendance and adherence to antiretroviral therapy through a treatment supporter intervention in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in AIDS Behav on November 01, 2011

Authors

Setor Kunutsor1, John Walley, Elly Katabira, Simon Muchuro, Hudson Balidawa, Elizabeth Namagala, Eric Ikoona

Author Affiliations

1: Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Health Sciences, Leeds University, UK. skk31@cantab.net

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