Antenatal HIV testing
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Cost effectiveness of expanded antenatal HIV testing in London.
BACKGROUND Recently the Department of Health announced the introduction in England of voluntary universal HIV screening in early pregnancy to prevent vertical transmission. New data have shown the importance of HIV infection in infants born to mothers who were HIV-negative in early pregnancy and who acquired HIV later in pregnancy or during lactation. This requires consideration of repeat testi...
متن کاملA randomised controlled trial of different approaches to universal antenatal HIV testing: uptake and acceptability and Annex: Antenatal HIV testing - assessment of a routine voluntary approach.
The authors thank Jeni Beecham, Margaret Brandeau, Miranda Mugford, Marie-Louise Newell, Angus Nicoll, Tony Oliver, Doug Owens, and Richard Smith, as well as our referees for their invaluable assistance at various stages of the study. Contributors: MJP and EJB conceived the idea for the project. MJP developed the cost effectiveness model in conjunction with EJB, SM, LS, MDSW, HH, and JCJ. EJB a...
متن کاملMale antenatal attendance and HIV testing are associated with decreased infant HIV infection and increased HIV-free survival.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services and infant HIV acquisition and mortality, a prospective cohort study was undertaken between 1999 and 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS HIV-infected pregnant women were enrolled and followed with their infants for 1 year with infant HIV DNA testing at birth, 1, 3, 6, 9, a...
متن کاملDeterminants for refusal of HIV testing among women attending for antenatal care in Gambella Region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND In Gambella region, inhabitants owe socio-cultural factors that might favor refusal for HIV testing service utilization among Antenatal Care attendees. OBJECTIVE To assess determinants for refusal of HIV testing service utilization among ANC attendees in Gambella Region. METHODS A comparative cross sectional study was conducted among ANC attendees from March 2008 to May 2008 in f...
متن کاملNumber and timing of antenatal HIV testing: Evidence from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam
BACKGROUND HIV testing for pregnant women is an important component for the success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). A lack of antenatal HIV testing results in loss of benefits for HIV-infected mothers and their children. However, the provision of unnecessary repeat tests at a very late stage of pregnancy will reduce the beneficial effects of PMTCT and impose unnece...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7127.241