HIV-positive status disclosure and use of essential PMTCT and maternal health services in rural Kenya.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on December 01, 2014

Authors

Sydney A Spangler1, Maricianah Onono, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Craig R Cohen, Janet M Turan

Author Affiliations

1: *Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Hubert Department of Global Health (HDGH), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; †Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Microbiology Research, Nairobi, Kenya; ‡Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA; and §Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL.

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