Commentary: Involving traditional birth attendants in prevention of HIV transmission needs careful consideration

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7331, 2002, Pages 224-225

  Walraven, Gijs ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0037176459     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (5)

1. The role of (traditional) birth attendants with midwifery skills in the reduction of maternal mortality
2. The burden of reproductive-organ disease in rural women in the Gambia, west Africa
3. The effects of iron supplementations during pregnancy, given by traditional birth attendants, on the prevalence of anaemia and malaria
4. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of trained traditional birth attendants in the Gambia in the prevention, recognition and management of postpartum haemorrhage
5. A survey of occupational blood contact and HIV refection among traditional birth attendants in Rwanda