Intervention strategy to improve pmtct programme implementation for HIV-exposed children in a rural sub-district in North West province
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Despite the remarkable general decrease of mother-to-child transmission in the global HIV
response, a high number, 84%, of child HIV infections are occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa,
particularly in rural areas. Mother-to-child transmission in rural areas persists owing to several
factors including inadequate implementation of prevention of mother-to-child transmission
programmes. In order to achieve a target of zero new HIV infection in children born from
women living with HIV, the involvement of professional nurses and mothers of children
exposed to HIV in developing new intervention strategies that would improve the
implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme is undeniable.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Public health, HIV, Nursing, Western Cape, Statistics