Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in a district of Ghana
Abstract Background Globally there are about 3.3million children under the age of 15 years living with HIV. Of this number, 88% live in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, an estimated 33,000 children were said to be living with the HIV infection in 2012. Lack of disclosure adversely affects the well-bein...
Main Authors: | Eric Gyamfi, Paul Okyere, Acheampong Enoch, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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Series: | BMC International Health and Human Rights |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-017-0114-6 |
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