PMID- 20711887
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110224
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1360-0451 (Electronic)
IS  - 0954-0121 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 11
DP  - 2010 Nov
TI  - Accelerated HIV testing for PMTCT in maternity and labour wards is vital to 
      capture mothers at a critical point in the programme at district level in Malawi.
PG  - 1367-72
LID - 10.1080/09540121003758473 [doi]
AB  - Round the clock (24 hoursx7 days) HIV testing is vital to maintain a high 
      prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) coverage for women delivering 
      in district health facilities. PMTCT coverage increases when most of the pregnant 
      women will have their HIV status tested. Therefore routine offering of HIV 
      testing should be integrated and seen as a part of comprehensive antenatal care. 
      For women who miss antenatal care and deliver in a health facility without having 
      had their HIV status tested, the labour and maternity ward could still serve as 
      other entry points.
FAU - Beltman, J J
AU  - Beltman JJ
AD  - Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, RC, The Netherlands. 
      jbeltman@tiscali.nl
FAU - Fitzgerald, M
AU  - Fitzgerald M
FAU - Buhendwa, L
AU  - Buhendwa L
FAU - Moens, M
AU  - Moens M
FAU - Massaquoi, M
AU  - Massaquoi M
FAU - Kazima, J
AU  - Kazima J
FAU - Alide, N
AU  - Alide N
FAU - van Roosmalen, J
AU  - van Roosmalen J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - AIDS Care
JT  - AIDS care
JID - 8915313
SB  - IM
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Child
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Delivery Rooms/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - *HIV Infections/prevention & control/transmission
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
MH  - Malawi
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/*prevention & control
MH  - *Prenatal Care
MH  - Prenatal Diagnosis
MH  - Prospective Studies
EDAT- 2010/08/17 06:00
MHDA- 2011/02/25 06:00
CRDT- 2010/08/17 06:00
PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/02/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 925787721 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/09540121003758473 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Care. 2010 Nov;22(11):1367-72. doi: 10.1080/09540121003758473.