The Enhanced Mentor Mother ProgrAm (EMMA) for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

The Enhanced Mentor Mother ProgrAm (EMMA) for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background As of September 2014, Kenya implemented the WHO recommended Option B+ guidelines in which all newly diagnosed HIV-infected pregnant women are immediately eligible for triple antiretroviral therapy (ART) for life regardless of CD4 count. In addition, Kenya previously established t...

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Main Authors: Bruce A. Larson, Margaret Bii, Isaac Tsikhutsu, Nafisa Halim, Vanessa Wolfman, Peter Coakley, William Sugut, Fredrick Sawe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
AIDS
Antiretroviral therapy
Prevention of mother to child transmission
Mentor mothers
EMMA
Kenya
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2975-y

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