Panacea or pitfall? The introduction of community health extension workers in Uganda
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Expanding HIV testing and linkage to care in southwestern Uganda with community health extension workers
INTRODUCTION Achieving the UNAIDS goals of 90-90-90 will require more than doubling the number of people accessing HIV care in Uganda. Community-based programmes for entry into HIV care are effective strategies to expand access to HIV care, but few programmes have been evaluated with a particular focus on scale-up. METHODS Integrated Community Based Initiatives, a Uganda-based non-governmenta...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Global Health
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2059-7908
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002445