Healthcare Worker Perceived Barriers to Early Initiation of Antiretroviral and Tuberculosis Therapy among Tanzanian Inpatients

Bahati M. K. Wajanga; Robert N. Peck; Samuel Kalluvya; Daniel W. Fitzgerald; Luke R. Smart; Jennifer A. Downs

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087584

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Healthcare Worker Perceived Barriers to Early Initiation of Antiretroviral and Tuberculosis Therapy among Tanzanian Inpatients

Bahati M. K. Wajanga ,

* E-mail: wajangabmk@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences - Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Robert N. Peck,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences - Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania, Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Samuel Kalluvya,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences - Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Daniel W. Fitzgerald,

Affiliation Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Luke R. Smart,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences - Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania, Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Jennifer A. Downs

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences - Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania, Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Healthcare Worker Perceived Barriers to Early Initiation of Antiretroviral and Tuberculosis Therapy among Tanzanian Inpatients

Bahati M. K. Wajanga,
Robert N. Peck,
Samuel Kalluvya,
Daniel W. Fitzgerald,
Luke R. Smart,
Jennifer A. Downs

Published: February 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087584

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