Early ART initiation among HIV-positive pregnant women in central Mozambique: A stepped wedge randomized controlled trial of an optimized Option B+ approach

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cowan, James F ^a,b   Micek, Mark ^b   Cowan, Jessica Greenberg F ^b,c   Napúa, Manuel ^d   Hoek, Roxanne ^b   Gimbel, Sarah ^a,b   Gloyd, Stephen ^a,b   Sherr, Kenneth ^a,b   Pfeiffer, James T ^a,b   Chapman, Rachel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Care cascade analysis; HIV; Implementation science; Mozambique; Option B+; PMTCT; Quality improvement; Stepped wedge randomized controlled trial; Systems analysis; Value stream mapping

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929377223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0249-6     Document Type: Article

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