Poor Clinical Outcomes for HIV Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Mozambique: Need for Program Quality Improvement and Community Engagement

Sten H. Vermund; Meridith Blevins; Troy D. Moon; Eurico José; Linda Moiane; José A. Tique; Mohsin Sidat; Philip J. Ciampa; Bryan E. Shepherd; Lara M. E. Vaz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110116

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Poor Clinical Outcomes for HIV Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Mozambique: Need for Program Quality Improvement and Community Engagement

Sten H. Vermund ,

* E-mail: sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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Meridith Blevins,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Troy D. Moon,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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Eurico José,

Affiliation Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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Linda Moiane,

Affiliation Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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José A. Tique,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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Mohsin Sidat,

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
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Philip J. Ciampa,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Bryan E. Shepherd,

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Lara M. E. Vaz

Current address: Save the Children, Washington DC, United States of America

Affiliations Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Friends in Global Health, Quelimane and Maputo, Mozambique
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Poor Clinical Outcomes for HIV Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Mozambique: Need for Program Quality Improvement and Community Engagement

Sten H. Vermund,
Meridith Blevins,
Troy D. Moon,
Eurico José,
Linda Moiane,
José A. Tique,
Mohsin Sidat,
Philip J. Ciampa,
Bryan E. Shepherd,
Lara M. E. Vaz

Published: October 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110116

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