A comprehensive review of the barriers and promoters health workers experience in delivering prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in AIDS Care on February 17, 2016

Authors

Roseanne C Schuster1, Devon E McMahon2, Sera L Young1

Author Affiliations

1: a Program in International Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences , Cornell University , Ithaca , NY , USA.
2: b Division of Nutritional Sciences , Cornell University , Ithaca , NY , USA.

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