The impact of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes on maternal health care in resource-poor settings: Looking beyond the PMTCT programme-a systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1444-1450

  Both, J M C ^a   Van Roosmalen, J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maternal health care; maternal healthcare services; mother to child HIV transmission; prevention

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEMIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 78349260509     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02692.x     Document Type: Review

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