Toward an understanding of disengagement from HIV treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study.

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Published in PLoS Med on January 08, 2013

Authors

Norma C Ware1, Monique A Wyatt, Elvin H Geng, Sylvia F Kaaya, Oche O Agbaji, Winnie R Muyindike, Guerino Chalamilla, Patricia A Agaba

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. norma_ware@hms.harvard.edu

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