Factors affecting adherence to short-course ARV prophylaxis for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and lessons for future elimination

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 914-926

  Colombini, Manuela ^a   Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^a   Agamasu, Enyonam ^b   Mayhew, Susannah H ^a  

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

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal adherence; MTCT; PMTCT; Review; Sub Saharan Africa; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INGESTION; LABOR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTHER; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TABLET; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MATERNAL ADHERENCE; MTCT; PMTCT; REVIEW; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899942822     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.869539     Document Type: Article

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