Barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Annabelle Gourlay; Isolde Birdthistle; Gitau Mburu; Kate Iorpenda; Alison Wringe

doi:10.7448/ias.16.1.18588

Barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa

A systematic review

Bibliographic Data

ID	23379660
Authors	Annabelle Gourlay (0000-0003-4387-1925), Isolde Birdthistle (0000-0001-5742-6588), Gitau Mburu (0000-0002-5812-0529), Kate Iorpenda, Alison Wringe (0000-0001-6939-3461)
Year	2013
Volume	16
Issue	1
Publication date	2013-01-01
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Open Access	Yes
Type	ARTICLE
Venue	Journal of the International AIDS Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiers	ISSN: 1758-2652 • E-ISSN: 1758-2652
Publisher	Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI	10.7448/ias.16.1.18588
Language	EN
Citations received	80
References cited	72

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