Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa

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2009

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Despite several years of implementation, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in many resource poor settings are failing to reach the majority of HIV positive women. We report on a data driven participatory quality improvement intervention implemented in a high HIV prevalence district in South Africa. A participatory quality improvement intervention was implemented consisting of an initial assessment undertaken by a team of district supervisors, workshops to assess results, identify weaknesses and set improvement targets and continuous monitoring to support changes.

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Public health, Nevirapine, HIV, Women, South Africa

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Doherty, T. et al. (2011). Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa. BMC Public Health, 9, 406. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-406

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-406
 http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8944

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Research Articles (School of Public Health)