International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 97-101 , September 2009

Risk factors and true outcomes for lost to follow-up individuals in an antiretroviral treatment programme in Tete, Mozambique

  • Caroline Caluwaerts

      Affiliations

    • Médecins Sans Frontières, Tete, Mozambique
    • ,
  • Rosa Maendaenda

      Affiliations

    • Provincial Health Department, Tete, Mozambique
    • ,
  • Fernando Maldonado

      Affiliations

    • Médecins Sans Frontières, Maputo, Mozambique
    • ,
  • Marc Biot

      Affiliations

    • Médecins Sans Frontières, Maputo, Mozambique
    • ,
  • Nathan Ford

      Affiliations

    • South African Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • ,
  • Kathryn Chu

      Affiliations

    • South African Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 079 895 2489; fax: +27 011 403 4443.

Received 23 February 2009 ,Revised 20 March 2009 ,Accepted 23 March 2009.

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PII: S1876-3413(09)00007-2

doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.03.002

International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 97-101 , September 2009

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