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Combining PMTCT With Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2006
Tuberculosis (TB) is the preeminent manifestation of HIV infection and has become a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in high HIV-prevalence settings. Active TB in pregnant women has potentially serious consequences for fetuses and newborns. In Soweto, South Africa, there is a more than 90% uptake of voluntary counseling and HIV testing
Paula B N, Kali, Glenda E, Gray, Avy, Violari, Richard E, Chaisson, James A, McIntyre, Neil A, Martinson   +5 more
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Community perceptions of a PMTCT programme in Malawi

African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 2009
Pregnancy and delivery care in the context of HIV/AIDS is a global problem. There is a need to prevent maternal and infant mortality from occurring in many parts of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) accounts for almost two-thirds of the new infections in children yearly.
Fyson Kasenga, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Maria Emmelin   +2 more
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Seeking rational policy settings for PMTCT

The Lancet, 2005
The reality that HIV passes from men to women to infants presents a tangle of policy challenges. Participants at the Global High Level Forum on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Abuja Nigeria this week will be reviewing progress and seeking balance on policy directions to accelerate action. A key question is where to draw
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How Option B+ is shifting the PMTCT paradigm

African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 2013
Affordable and effective interventions have been identified that can prevent new infant HIV infections, maintain the health of mothers, and greatly reduce transmission between discordant partners. Yet, 330 000 HIV-infected infants were born in 2011 worldwide, in part due to operational challenges inherent in the design of current PMTCT programmes ...
Michelle R Adler, Patricia L Riley, Sheila Bandazi, Margarett K Davis   +3 more
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Adherence to the PMTCT programme and perceived family support

African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 2011
A descriptive correlational design was used to determine the relationship between family support and adherence to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme among a random sample of 80 pregnant women aged 18–35 years attending an antenatal clinic at Kadoma City Health Clinics in Zimbabwe.
Balbina Esinat Tsara, Matilda Zvinavashe, Christine Mary Kasu, Helen Vupenyu Gundani   +3 more
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Cost–benefit analysis of a PMTCT program in Mozambique

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2002
Abstract The costs and benefits of a HIV/AIDS PMTCT program in a Mozambican city were calculated. The provision and non-provision of infant feeding formula were considered, along with voluntary counselling and testing, and anti-retroviral treatment with Nevirapine.
Dimitri Peffer, Nafissa B. Osman, Paula Vaz   +2 more
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Implementation of PMTCT in Georgia.

Georgian medical news, 2009
To review the existing experience in prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Georgia the comprehensive PMTCT state program was started in 2005. Georgia was the first among the former Soviet Countries that ensured the universal access to PMTCT throughout the Country.
T, Kakabadze, T, Asatiani, Z, Bokhua, K, Shermadini, N, Lanchava   +4 more
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Prioritizing the PMTCT Implementation Research Agenda in 3 African Countries

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014
Countries with high HIV prevalence face the challenge of achieving high coverage of antiretroviral drug regimens interventions including for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). In 2011, the World Health Organization and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada, launched a joint implementation research (
Nigel, Rollins, Harriet, Chanza, Frank, Chimbwandira, Michael, Eliya, Ishmael, Nyasulu, Ellen, Thom, Felicitas, Zawaira, Deborah, Odoh, David, Okello, Taiwo, Oyelade, Sarah, Banda, Christine, Chakanyuka Musanhu, Custodia, Mandlhate, Angela, Mushavi, Toure, Isseu, Morkor, Newman, Saliyou, Sanni, April, Baller, Joyce, Seto, Nathan, Shaffer   +19 more
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HIV-positive women's experiences of a PMTCT programme in rural Malawi

Midwifery, 2010
to explore women's experiences of a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in rural Malawi.an exploratory, qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 24 purposively selected women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Fyson, Kasenga, Anna-Karin, Hurtig, Maria, Emmelin   +2 more
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Barriers to accessing PMTCT services in a rural area of South Africa

African Journal of AIDS Research, 2005
Despite good intentions and commitment from providers, prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services can be difficult for pregnant women to access, despite the provision of free health services for women and children. We examined the introduction of PMTCT services in a very poor rural area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, to ...
Skinner, Donald, Mfecane, Sakhumzi, Gumede, Tebogo, Henda, Nomvo, Davids, Adlai   +4 more
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