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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Research Article

ART initiation among women newly diagnosed with HIV in a contraceptive trial in sub-Saharan Africa

Ivana Beeshama MatCH Research Unit (MRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rodal Issemab Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Thesla Palanee-Phillipsc Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Maricianah Ononod Kenya Medical Research Institute Center for Microbiology Research, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Shannon Evansa MatCH Research Unit (MRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South AfricaView further author information
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Mags Beksinskaa MatCH Research Unit (MRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-4112View further author information
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Khatija Ahmede Setshaba Research Centre, Soshanguve, South Africa & Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaView further author information
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Margaret P. Kasarof UNC Global Projects Zambia, Lusaka, ZambiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-998XView further author information
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Joanne Battingg Effective Care Research Unit (ECRU), Universities of the Witwatersrand/Fort Hare/Walter Sisulu and Eastern Cape Department of Health, East London, South AfricaView further author information
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Jennifer Deeseh FHI 360, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Lunga Dlaminii Family Life Association of Eswatini, Manzini, EswatiniView further author information
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Berthe Yankurijei Family Life Association of Eswatini, Manzini, EswatiniView further author information
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Katherine K. Thomasj Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Renee Heffronk Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USAView further author information
& on behalf of the *ECHO Trial Consortium show all
Pages 478-485 | Received 08 Jan 2021, Accepted 07 Jun 2021, Published online: 27 Jun 2021

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