加强保留策略以防止乌干达的HIV垂直传播:预算影响分析

Elly Nuwamanya1,2, Benjamin C Johnson3, Stephen Okoboi4

  • 1Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda. enuwamanya@idi.co.ug.

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概括

在乌干达实施增强保留策略 (ERS) 增加了医疗保健成本,但避免了成千上万的婴儿艾滋病毒感染. 这一策略通过减少对随访的损失,改善了艾滋病毒感染妇女及其婴儿的结果.

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