She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+

She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+

Abstract Background Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe have recently adopted a universal ‘test-and-treat’ approach to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (Option B+). Amongst a largely asymptomatic population of women tested for HIV and immediately started on antiretroviral treatment (AR...

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Main Authors: Fabian Cataldo, Janet Seeley, Misheck J. Nkhata, Zivai Mupambireyi, Edward Tumwesige, Diana M. Gibb, on behalf of the Lablite team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Community health workers
Tracing
Positionality
Defaulters
Loss to follow up
PMTCT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2826-7

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