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AIDS Care
Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 24, 2012 - Issue 8: AIDSImpact, 10th International Conference Special Issue, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Pilot programme for the rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa

Landon Myer School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rose Zulliger Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Samantha Black Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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David Pienaar Provincial Government of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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Linda-Gail Bekker Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 986-992 | Received 19 Oct 2011, Accepted 16 Feb 2012, Published online: 23 Apr 2012

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Stefanie Theuring, Julius Sewangi, Philo Nchimbi, Gundel Harms & Paulina Mbezi. (2014) The challenge of referring HIV-positive pregnant women with treatment indication from PMTCT to ART services: a retrospective follow-up study in Mbeya, Tanzania. AIDS Care 26:7, pages 850-856.
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Samantha Black, Rose Zulliger, Rebecca Marcus, Daniella Mark, Landon Myer & Linda-Gail Bekker. (2014) Acceptability and challenges of rapid ART initiation among pregnant women in a pilot programme, Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Care 26:6, pages 736-741.
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Rose Zulliger, Samantha Black, David R. Holtgrave, Andrea L. Ciaranello, Linda-Gail Bekker & Landon Myer. (2013) Cost-Effectiveness of a Package of Interventions for Expedited Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation During Pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior 18:4, pages 697-705.
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