HIV testing during pregnancy: use of secondary data to estimate 2006 test coverage and prevalence in Brazil

HIV testing during pregnancy: use of secondary data to estimate 2006 test coverage and prevalence in Brazil

This paper describes a methodological proposal based on secondary data and the main results of the HIV-Sentinel Study among childbearing women, carried out in Brazil during 2006. A probabilistic sample of childbearing women was selected in two stages. In the first stage, 150 health establishments we...

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Main Authors: Célia Landmann Szwarcwald, Aristides Barbosa Júnior, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza-Júnior, Kátia Regina Valente de Lemos, Paulo Germano de Frias, Karin Regina Luhm, Marcia Moreira Holcman, Maria Angela Pires Esteves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV testing
pregnancy
pre-natal care
secondary data
Brazil
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