Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in southwestern Kenya: progress and missed opportunities
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Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in southwestern Kenya: progress and missed opportunities
INTRODUCTION Repeat HIV testing during the late antenatal period is crucial to identify and initiate treatment for pregnant women with incident HIV infection to prevent perinatal HIV transmission and keep mothers alive. In 2012, the Kenya Ministry of Health adopted international guidelines suggesting that pregnant women be offered retesting three months after an initial negative HIV test. Our o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1758-2652
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25036