Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling among tuberculosis patients in a hospital in the Oromia region of Ethiopia

Summary: Background: Routine testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in settings with generalized HIV epidemics affords the benefit of diagnosing the infection early and thereby preventing morbidity, mortality and sustained transmission; early detection hastens the initiation of cotrimoxazol...

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Main Authors: Damtew Yadeta, Fisehaye Alemseged, Sibhatu Biadgilign
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-06-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034113000166