Enhancing Retention in PMTCT/MNH Services and Facility Delivery in Tabora, Tanzania

Overview

The goal of this HIVCore study, funded by USAID, was to increase the proportion of pregnant women who delivered in a facility, the proportion of HIV-exposed infants who received nevirapine within 48 hours of delivery, and the proportion of HIV-exposed infants who were tested for HIV within eight weeks of age in Tanzania. The study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of three intervention packages: (1) Use of SMS text message appointment reminders and education messages; (2) SMS messages plus a transport reimbursements; and (3) standard care with no SMS messages or transport reimbursement.

Data Collection Period: March 2015 – December 2016

1) Findings presented at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference, July 2015: “Health care workers have changed their bad language”: When the patient’s voice is heard”
2) Findings presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, July 2016: “Factors associated with HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women disclosing their HIV test result to their partner in Tabora, Tanzania”
3) Findings presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, July 2016: “Factors associated with social group membership among HIV-positive and -negative women in Tabora, Tanzania”
4) Findings presented at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference, July 2017: “Level and predictors of receiving essential mother-infant PMTCT services in Tanzania: maternal ART adherence, infant ARV prophylaxis and early diagnosis“