Offering routine antenatal testing for HIV and hepatitis B in the rural setting of Cornwall
Open Access
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 78 (2) , 133-134
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.2.133
Abstract
Before Department of Health directives to offer HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) testing to all pregnant women, there was little such screening in Cornwall. Through a multiagency collaborative approach a new antenatal screening programme for HIV/HBV has been introduced with high uptake in the first year (HIV 92% and HBV 93%). We also report the findings of a questionnaire survey of community midwives who alone offer antenatal HIV/HBV testing in Cornwall.Keywords
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