Operational evaluation of a service for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Uganda: Barriers to uptake of single-dose nevirapine and the role of birth reporting

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1163-1171

  Barigye, Henry ^a   Levin, Jonathan ^a,b   Maher, Dermot ^a   Tindiwegi, Gladys ^a   Atuhumuza, Elly ^a   Nakibinge, Stephen ^a   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth; nevirapine; prevention of mother to child transmission; reporting

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEVIRAPINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956637244     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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