Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa: Rapid scale-up using quality improvement

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-243

  Bhardwaj, S ^a   Barron, P ^b   Pillay, Y ^c   Treger Slavin, L ^a   Robinson, P ^c   Goga, A ^d,e   Sherman, G ^b,f  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Millenium development goals; PMTCT; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84894815770     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7605     Document Type: Article

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