Changing patterns of maternal mortality (HIV/AIDS related) in poor countries

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-499

  Sebitloane, H M ^a   Mhlanga, R E ^b  

^a KING EDWARD VIII HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antenatal care; CD4 count; developing countries; family planning; highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART); maternal mortality; millennium development goals; nutrition; nutritional supplementation; planned pregnancy; postpartum period; provider initiated counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSTETRIC CARE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUNSELING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 42949094740     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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