Perceptions of tuberculosis patients on provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling--a study from south India.

Perceptions of tuberculosis patients on provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling--a study from south India.

BACKGROUND: The acceptability and feasibility of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) in many settings across Asia with concentrated HIV epidemics is not known. A pilot study of the PITC policy undertaken within the public health care systems in two districts in India offered the opp...

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Main Authors: Beena E Thomas, Puneet K Dewan, Sophia Vijay, Aleyamma Thomas, Lakhdir Singh Chauhan, Chandrasekaran Vedachalam, Preetish Vaidyanathan, Soumya Swaminathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2791227?pdf=render

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