Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2659086 Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 2008 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the implementation of a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program and to evaluate the uptake and adherence to single-dose nevirapine in a cohort sample that had undergone PMTCT in five public clinics in a resource-poor setting, Quakeni Local Service Area, O.R. Tambo District in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Results indicated that 116 women (15.3% of the sample) were infected with HIV, 642 (84.7%) were uninfected, and 552 (42.1%) had an unknown HIV status. Almost all of the women had received information about HIV and HIV testing prenatally, but 552 (42%) had not been tested for HIV, and their HIV status was unknown. Only 66 (57%) of the HIV-infected pregnant women had been provided with nevirapine. It is recommended that the quality of HIV counseling be improved and the program of maternal self-medication with nevirapine tablets at onset of labor and maternal provision of nevirapine syrup to newborns be encouraged.

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