Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: An evaluation of PMTCT implementation and integration into routine maternal, child and women's health services

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 992-999

  Horwood, C ^a   Haskins, L ^a   Vermaak, K ^a   Phakathi, S ^a   Subbaye, R ^a   Doherty, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

health care systems; HIV; infant; programme evaluation; South Africa; vertical infection transmission

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

KWAZULU; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955366010     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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