HIV care need not hamper maternity care: A descriptive analysis of integration of services in rural Malawi

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Van Den Akker, T ^a,b,c   Bemelmans, M ^b,d   Ford, N ^b,c   Jemu, M ^a   Diggle, E ^b   Scheffer, S ^b   Zulu, I ^b   Akesson, A ^b   Shea, J ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; health systems; HIV; prevention of mother to child transmission; reproductive health services; uptake

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MALAWI; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84857238285     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03229.x     Document Type: Review

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