Brief Report: HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women Who Attend Antenatal Care in Malawi.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
; 69(5): 610-4, 2015 Aug 15.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25950205
ABSTRACT
Malawi adopted the Option B+ strategy in 2011. Its success in reducing mother-to-child transmission depends on coverage and timing of HIV testing. We assessed HIV status ascertainment and its predictors during pregnancy. HIV status ascertainment was 82.3% (95% confidence interval 80.2 to 85.9) in the pre-Option B+ period and 85.7% (95% confidence interval 83.4 to 88.0) in the Option B+ period. Higher HIV ascertainment was independently associated with higher age, attending antenatal care more than once, and registration in 2010. The observed high variability of HIV ascertainment between sites (50.6%-97.7%) and over time suggests that HIV test kit shortages and insufficient numbers of staff posed major barriers to reducing mother-to-child transmission.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez
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Cuidado Pré-Natal
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Infecções por HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article