Expanding Access to PMTCT Interventions in Swaziland
Overview
Country:
Eswatini
Subject Matter:
PMTCT and HIV-free Survival
This Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded study measured the effect of a targeted training intervention for midwives on ARV coverage among HIV-positive pregnant women at delivery. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare intervention and control sites and cord blood was obtained and tested for HIV antibodies and the presence of nevirapine as a measure for PMTCT coverage.
Data Collection Period: October 2008-January 2009
Findings published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, August 2011: “Improved detection of incident HIV infection and uptake of PMTCT services in labor and delivery in a high HIV prevalence setting”
