Effectiveness of the first district-wide programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

Effectiveness of the first district-wide programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the field efficacy of the first routine programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) initiated in South Africa, in the subdistrict of Khayelitsha. METHODS: A consecutive sample of 658 mothe...

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Main Authors: David Coetzee, Katherine Hilderbrand, Andrew Boulle, Beverley Draper, Fareed Abdullah, Eric Goemaere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Infecciones por VIH
Transmisión vertical de enfermedad
Zidovudina
Nevirapina
Lactancia materna
Alimentación artificial
Embarazo
Evaluación de procesos y resultados
Programas nacionales de salud
Estudios transversales
Sudáfrica
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