Increasing the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in a resource-limited setting
Open Access
- 28 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 10 (1) , 29
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-29
Abstract
As in other resource limited settings, the Ministry of Health in Zambia is challenged to make affordable and acceptable PMTCT interventions accessible and available. With a 14.3% HIV prevalence, the MOH estimates over one million people are HIV positive in Zambia. Approximately 500,000 children are born annually in Zambia and 40,000 acquire the infection vertically each year if no intervention is offered. This study sought to review uptake of prevention of mother-to-child (PMTCT) services in a resource-limited setting following the introduction of context-specific interventions.Keywords
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