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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa: Successes and challenges in scaling-up a nevirapine-based program in Lusaka, Zambia
AIDS, Volume 17, No. 9, Year 2003
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Background: Nearly half of perinatal HIV infection is preventable with nevirapine (NVP), which has transformed the ability to confront this transmission route in resource-limited settings. Methods: A NVP-based perinatal HIV prevention program initiated in Lusaka, Zambia in November 2001. Results: The first 12 months cost US$221 000 and enabled 178 district health employees to be trained in voluntary counseling and testing: 17263 pregnant women were counseled for HIV, 12438 (72%) were tested, and 2924 (24%) were found to be infected with HIV. NVP has been taken by 1654 (57%) mothers and 1157 (40%) babies. It is estimated that at least 190 infants have been spared HIV infection (11 per 1000 counseled women or 65 per 1000 identified HIV-infected women). Conclusions: Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission is feasible and cost effective in resource-limited settings. In Lusaka, thousands of women have received voluntary counseling and testing and NVP therapy under the present scheme. Patient attrition and non-adherence represented a major source of program inefficiency, which requires to be systematically addressed. © 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Stringer, Elizabeth Mc Phillips
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia School of Medicine
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Zambia, Lusaka
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Sinkala, Moses M.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia School of Medicine
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Stringer, Jeffrey S.A.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia School of Medicine
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Mzyece, Elizabeth
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Makuka, Ida
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Goldenberg, Robert L.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Kwape, Pascal
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Chilufya, Martha
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Vermund, Sten Havlor
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zambia, Lusaka
Zambian Ministry of Health
Statistics
Citations: 174
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/00002030-200306130-00012
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Zambia
Participants Gender
Female