The role of quality improvement in achieving effective large-scale Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV in South Africa

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S137-S143

  Barker, Pierre ^a   Barron, Peter ^a   Bhardwaj, Sanjana ^b   Pillay, Yogan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretrovirals; Collaboratives; Health system strengthening; HIV; Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission; Quality improvement; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFECTION RATE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84973431456     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000718     Document Type: Article

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