Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7331, 2002, Pages 222-224

  Bulterys, Marc ^a   Fowler, Mary Glenn ^a   Shaffer, Nathan ^a   Tih, Pius M ^b   Greenberg, Alan E ^a   Karita, Etienne ^c   Coovadia, Hoosen ^d   de Cock, Kevin M ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board   (Cameroon)

^c Rwanda Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0037176462     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (24)

1. Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-poor countries: Translating research into policy and practice
2. The global impact of HIV/AIDS
3. Public Health Service task force recommendations for the use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women infected with HIV-1 for maternal health and for reducing perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States
4. Lamivudine-zidovudine combination for prevention of maternal-infant transmission of HIV-1
5. Elective caesarean-section versus vaginal delivery in prevention of vertical HIV-1 transmission
6. Combination prophylaxis for prevention of maternal-infant HIV transmission: Beyond 076
7. Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine compared with zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Kampala, Uganda: HIVNET 012 randomized trial
8. Cost effectiveness of single-dose nevirapine regimen for mothers and babies to decrease vertical HIV-1 transmission in sub-Saharan Africa
9. A global health fund: Heeding Koch's caution
10. Antiretroviral interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Challenges for health systems, communities and society
11. Seizing the opportunity: Collaborative initiatives to reduce HIV and maternal mortality
12. The role of (traditional) birth attendants with midwifery skills in the reduction of maternal mortality
13. Integration of traditional birth attendants into primary health care
14. A survey of occupational blood contact and HIV infection among traditional birth attendants in Rwanda
15. Strategies for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries: What can we learn from the history of the industrialized West?
16. Attitude of pregnant women toward HIV testing in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
17. Rapid voluntary testing and counseling for HIV: Acceptability and feasibility in Zambian antenatal care clinics
18. Voluntary counseling and testing for couples: A high-leverage intervention for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
19. Zambian women's attitudes toward mass nevirapine therapy to prevent perinatal transmission of HIV
20. Rolling back malaria in pregnancy
21. Effect of home-based neonatal care and management of sepsis on neonatal mortality: Field trial in rural India
22. Can collaborative programs between biomedical and African indigenous health practitioners succeed?
23. Is there a place for traditional midwives in the provision of community health services?