What are the reasons for poor uptake of HIV testing among patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

What are the reasons for poor uptake of HIV testing among patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

BACKGROUND: National policy in India recommends HIV testing of all patients with TB. In West Bengal state, only 28% of patients with TB were tested for HIV between April-June, 2010. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to understand patient, provider and health system related factors associated wit...

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Main Authors: Bipra Bishnu, Sudipto Bhaduri, Ajay M V Kumar, Eleanor S Click, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Devesh Gupta, Quazi T Ahmed, Silajit Sarkar, Durba Paul, Puneet Dewan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585810?pdf=render

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