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Voluntary counselling and testing up-take increased over four-fold after starting ART in a Tanzanian district hospital

Stoeckle, M.|Ikongoni, E.|Masanja,H.|Hatz,C.F.R.|Tanner, M. | Jan 1, 2006

Abstract

Background: anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in developing countries aims at change of both: the prognosis of HIV/AIDS and the health care setting. In this setting voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is an important basis for information and behaviour changes. This study investigates changes in VCT up-take at St. Francis Designated District Hospital (SFDDH), a large health facility in rural Tanzania.