Correction: Caregivers' Attitudes towards HIV Testing and Disclosure of HIV Status to At-Risk Children in Rural Uganda
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There are errors in the author affiliations. The publisher apologizes for the errors. The affiliations should appear as shown here: Rick Lorenz, Eisha Grant, Winnie Muyindike, Samuel Maling, Claire Card, Carol Henry, Adil J. Nazarali 1 College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 3 Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda, 4Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Caregivers’ Attitudes towards HIV Testing and Disclosure of HIV Status to At-Risk Children in Rural Uganda
Caregivers of HIV-positive children were interviewed in the Mbarara and Isingiro districts of Uganda to identify current trends in practices related to HIV testing and the disclosure of HIV status to the child. A total of 28 caregivers of at least one HIV-positive child participated in semi-structured interviews exploring when and why they tested the child for HIV, when the child was informed o...
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016