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dc.contributor.authorTarwireyi, F.
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-14T16:34:46Z
dc.date.available2014-11-14T16:34:46Z
dc.date.issued2004-09
dc.identifier.citationTarwireyi, F. (2004) Implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Zimbabwe: Achievements and challenges, CAJM vol. 50, no.9. Harare, Avondale: CAJM.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0008-9176
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/5047
dc.descriptionA CAJM HIV/AIDS article.en_GB
dc.description.abstractRecent scientific developments have led to feasible and effective interventions to reduce the risk of mother to child transmission of HIV. Even in resource poor countries, PMTCT programmes are being articulated as a priority in the national strategic frameworks. Thus PMTCT programmes are moving from being pilot projects to national programmes comprehensively integrated into other reproductive health programmes or HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support programmes. In Zimbabwe the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV infection has become an important national task. The 2001 national survey of HIV prevalence among women attending antenatal care revealed that 29.5% of the women were HIV positive. While an effective PMTCT programme using nevirapine can reduce the rate of this transmission by 50%,2 the Zimbabwe PMTCT National Expansion Programme has had its share of achievements and challenges since its launch in 2002.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCentral African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabween_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectHealthen_GB
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_GB
dc.titleImplementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Zimbabwe: Achievements and challengesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween_GB


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