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. 2015 Apr 7;12(4):e1001811.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

Wessel van den Berg  1 , Kirsty Brittain  2 , Gareth Mercer  3 , Dean Peacock  1 , Kathryn Stinson  4 , Hanna Janson  1 , Vuyiseka Dubula  1
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Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

Wessel van den Berg et al. PLoS Med. .

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Abstract

Wessel van den Berg and colleagues outline how increasing male partner involvement in efforts to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa may improve maternal and infant outcomes.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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