Eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV-1 and keeping mothers alive: Recent progress

Journal of Infection

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages

  Govender, Thiloshini ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elimination of PMTCT; Health system effectiveness; Scaling up interventions

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ELIMINATION OF PMTCT; HEALTH SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS; SCALING UP INTERVENTIONS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84889663532     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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