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Agu, V.U. (2010) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: PMTCT country report: Mauritius. (March).
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mauritius is concentrated, characterized by prevalence below 1% among the general population and a higher prevalence of generally above 5% in specific vulnerable groups such as commercial sex workers (CSWs) and injecting drug users (IDUs). The country is experiencing a rapid increase in incidence due to the high vulnerability of IDU. During recent years, the epidemi...
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Agu, V.U. (2010) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: PMTCT country report: South Africa. (March).
Using data drawn for various sources, Rehle et al. (in press) summarised the HIV and PMTCT situation in South Africa as follows. In South Africa, HIV prevalence surveillance among pregnant women attending public health clinics has been conducted on an annual basis since 1990 and served as the primary source for monitoring trends of HIV in the country. HIV prevalence data collected from the lat...
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Agu, V.U. (2010) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: HTC country report: Mauritius. (March).
According to the Republic of Mauritius UNGASS report (2008) , based on 2007 sentinel surveillance data provided by the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life (MOHQL), the total cumulative HIV/AIDS cases for Mauritius amount to 3258, of whom 3107 are residents. Among the residents detected as positive, 2574 are male and 533 female, resulting in a male to female sex ratio of 5:1. Death among resi...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: PMTCT country report: Zambia. (March).
Zambia is one of the sub-Saharan African countries worst affected by HIV/AIDS pandemic. Estimates of HIV prevalence in 2007 for people aged 15 to 49 are 15.2% (UNICEF) and 14.3% (ZHDS). Estimates from sentinel surveillance data for 15-24 year olds are 6.5% (ZDHS, 2007) and 12.5% (SADC, 20081). Ninety-three percent of the population has access to antenatal care (UNICEF, 2008). HIV transmissio...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: PMTCT country report: Namibia. (March).
HIV infection prevalence among young women between 15 and 24, which can be used as a proxy for incidence, has shown a slight decline from 17.9 in 2002 to 15.2 in 2004, to 14.2 percent in 2006, but there is marked variation between sites and years. The National Policy on HIV/AIDS was approved in March 2007 and Guidelines for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission published in July 200...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: PMTCT country report: Lesotho. (March).
The main aim of this consultancy is to develop regional harmonized minimum standards for policies, protocols and guidelines for PMTCT in the SADC region. To achieve this, the project team of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA) - see appendix 1 - is reviewing and analysing policies, protocols and guidelines for PMTCT in each SADC member state (MS), in collaboration with...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: HTC country report: Namibia. (March).
The estimated HIV prevalence for adults (15-49) in 2007 was 15.3% (UNICEF, 2008). Estimates based on sentinel surveillance data in 2007 indicated a prevalence of 14.0% for 15-24 year-olds (SADC, 2008).1 NDHS figures indicate that 18 - 25% of the population was tested for HIV. NDHS figures indicate that slightly more females than males were tested (the female figure stands at 28%). In July 2007...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: HTC country report: South Africa. (March).
According to the South African UNGASS report for 2006-20071, the international protocol on HIV testing, including rapid tests is used at South African health facilities. During 2006/2007, 1 610 775 men and women were tested at public health facilities. Approximately 578 0002 pregnant women were tested in 2007. The majority (90%) attending VCT services receive their results the same day. Post-te...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: HTC country report: Zambia. (March).
Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services were established on a larger scale in Zambia in 1999. The programme was initiated in 21 pilot sites evenly distributed in each of the nine provinces of Zambia and the major funding in this pilot phase was provided by the Norwegian Government through NORAD. The Government of the Republic of Zambia provided the required human resources through the establ...
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Agu, V.U. (2009) The development of harmonized minimum standards for guidance on HIV testing and counselling and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC region: HTC country report: Lesotho. (March).
According to the Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey (DHS, 2004), the national average HIV prevalence (age 15-49) for Lesotho is 23.3%, with the highest prevalence in districts closest to Maseru (Lesotho DHS, 2004). There has been a steady increase in uptake of HTC since 2004, in part resulting from the major 'Know Your Status' campaign. By the end of 2008, about 28% of the population knew t...
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Desmond, C. & Boyce, G. (2004) Assessing the costs of a rural PMTCT pilot site in the eastern Cape. In (Monitoring HIV/AIDS interventions). Cape Town: HSRC Publishers. 079692063X.
Mother-to-child transmission is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes have been implemented nationally in South Africa since 2000. This report presents the results of research conducted at a pilot site in the Eastern Cape into the use of resources associated with the implementation of a PMTCT pro...
Desmond, C. (2003) The costing of a rural PMTCT pilot site in the Eastern Cape. (Commissioned by Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS (SAHA), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)) as part of a Ford Foundation funded project, South Africa).
Dorkenoo, E., Gumede, T., Maluleka, K. & Shaikh, N. (2003) Prevention of mother to child transmission: a report of an assessment of a pilot programme in fifteen health facilities in Gauteng province. (Submitted to the Department of Health, Directorate of Public Health, Gauteng Provincial Government, October).
The Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health research programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was commissioned by the Gauteng Department of Health to assess the PMTCT programme in 15 pilot sites in Gauteng Province. The objectives of the study were:a) to assess the implementation of the components of the programme in four complexes; b) to analyse the lessons learned at the pilot ...
Fomundam, H., Mosala, T., Shisana, O., Peltzer, K., Pakade, T. & Dana, P. (2005) The practicalities of using Nevirapine for PMTCT in under-resourced settings: the case of Qaukeni district in the eastern Cape province, South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
This report provides district , provincial and national PMTCT programme managers with information on the challenges of Nevirapine use in rural communities, and a possible solution for women with inadequate access to healthcare facilities.
Hemson, D. & Munthree, C. (2009) Child and mother indicators of progress towards the MDG: a four country comparison. (Paper presented at the 4th Population Association of Southern Africa Conference 2009, 8 July).
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Ladzani, R., Peltzer, K., Mlambo, M.G. & Phaweni, K. (2010) Infant feeding practices and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Gert Sibande District, South Africa. (Poster presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, July).
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Ladzani, R., Peltzer, K., Mlambo, M.G. & Phaweni, K. (2010) Infant-feeding practices and associated factors of HIV-positive mothers at Gert Sibande, South Africa. Acta Paediatrica. November:Online.
To assess knowledge, infant-feeding education and practices, factors that affect choice of infant feeding option, determinants of mixed feeding, psychosocial challenges and attitudes of HIV-positive women with infants between ages 3-6 months who attended prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Gert Sibande district. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 815 ...
Peltzer, K., Sikwane, E. & Majaja, M. (2011) Factors associated with short-course antiretroviral prophylaxis (dual therapy) adherence for PMTCT in Nkangala district, South Africa. Acta Paediatrica. February:Online.
Aim: To identify factors that influence adherence to short-course antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis by pregnant women and mothers participating in the HIV prevention of mother to child (PMTCT) programme. Methods: The sample interviewed included 139 HIV-positive antenatal women 5 (mean gestational age 32 weeks; STD = 2.8, range 4-9 months) and 607 postnatal HIV-positive women, with either having...
Peltzer, K., Jones, D., Weiss, S.M. & Shikwane, E. (2011) Promoting male involvement to improve PMTCT uptake and reduce antenatal HIV infection: a cluster randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health. 11:Online.
Despite the availability of a dual therapy treatment protocol and infant feeding guidelines designed to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, of the over 1 million babies born in South Africa each year, only 70% of those born to HIV positive mothers receive dual therapy. Similar to other resource-poor nations facing the integration of PMTCT into routine pregnancy and infant care,...
Peltzer, K., Mlambo, M., Matseke, G., Shikwane, E., Louw, J. & Kekana, Q. (2011) Report on PMTCT comprehensive community intervention package including male involvement, infant follow-up, peer support, partner violence and infant feeding in Nkangala district, Mpumalanga province. (Commissioned by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), December).
With around 2.7 million people becoming infected with HIV in 2010, there are now an estimated 34 million people around the world who are living with HIV, including millions who have developed AIDS (UNAIDS, 2011). Studies have shown that there is much that can be done to reduce AIDS impact beginning with the transmission of HIV (UNAIDS, 2011). In 2010, around 390,000 children under the age of 1...
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Peltzer, K., Mlambo, M., Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Ladzani, R. (2010) Determinants of adherence to a single-dose nevirapine regimen for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Gert Sibande district in South Africa. Acta Paediatrica. 99:699-704.
Aim: To identify factors that influence adherence to antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis by HIV positive mothers participating in the HIV prevention of mother to child (PMTCT) programme. Methods: Post-delivery 815 HIV-infected mothers aged 18 years and above with babies aged 3-6 months were interviewed in Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Results: Eighty five percent of t...
Peltzer, K. & Mlambo, G. (2010) Factors determining HIV viral testing of infants in the context of Mother-to-Child Transmission. Acta Paediatrica. 99:590-596.
The aim of this study was to investigate factors determining HIV viral testing of infants in the context of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Methods: Post-delivery HIV infected mothers 18 years and above with babies aged 3-6 months were interviewed on HIV viral testing of infants and factors associated with it. Results: Among 311 HIV infected women 61.7% had their i...
Peltzer, K., Mlambo, G. & Phaweni, K. (2010) Factors determining prenatal HIV testing for prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Mpumalanga, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 14:1115-1123.
This study assessed factors associated with participation in HIV counseling and testing and reported reasons for not taking part in Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing among 930 pregnant women attending clinics for antenatal care in South Africa. Results indicate that from 930 clients interviewed 87% had agreed to participate in individual pre-test HIV counseling and 81.2% had received their ...
Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Ladzani, R. (2010) Implementation of the national programme for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a rapid assessment in Cacadu district, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research. 9(1):95-106.
To conduct a rapid assessment of the prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-HIV (PMTCT) programme in two of the three local service areas in Cacadu district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, we designed an exploratory study using a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative and qualitative data on PMTCT programme implementation were collected in 2008 through a structured assessment at the ...
Peltzer, K., Ladzani, R., Mlambo, M.G., Majaja, M., Phaweni, K., Matseke, G., Shikwane, E. & Rozani, A. (2010) Implementing a rural programme of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nkangala, South Africa: a baseline evaluation. (Report for PMTCT, Mpumalanga, July).
HIV related health problems have robbed about 2 million lives. About 1.9 million of the 2.7 million new infections that have documented occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS, 2008). Women and children bear a disproportionate share of the burden, and in many settings continue to experience high rates of new HIV infections and of HIV-related illness and death. In 2008 alone, an estimated 430 000...
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Peltzer, K., Chao, L.-W. & Dana, P. (2009) Family planning among HIV positive and negative prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) clients in a resource poor setting in South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 13:973-979.
The purpose of this study was to investigate family planning needs, knowledge of HIV transmission and HIV disclosure in a cohort sample that had undergone PMTCT in a resource poor setting. Five public clinics implementing PMTCT from Qaukeni Local Service Area, O.R. Tambo District in the Eastern Cape. The sample at postnatal care consisted of 758 women with known HIV status. From 116 HIV positi...
Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Ladzani, R., Davids, A., Mlambo, G., Phaweni, K., Dana, P. & Ndabula, M. (2009) Implementing a rural programme of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Kouga LSA, South Africa: a pre-post evaluation: final report: Kouga LSA PMTCT programme implementation. (Commissioned by the Eastern Cape Department of Health Management, August).
Baseline assessment of missed opportunities for PMTCT was conducted in the Kouga LSA in 2007 to gather information on the status of PMTCT programme implementation prior to initiating programme strengthening activities. Identified gaps in the PMTCT programme were staff shortage, lack of guidelines, stock outs, no monitoring and evaluation system, lack of training and poor data collection methods...
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Peltzer, K. & Phaswana-Mafuya, R. (2009) Programme to improve implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Gert Sibande district in Mpumalanga, South Africa: baseline assessment: preliminary report. (March).
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Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Ladzani, R., Davids, A., Mlambo, G., Phaweni, K., Dana, P. & Ndabula, M. (2009) Programme to improve implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Gert Sibande district in Mpumalanga, South Africa: baseline report: Gert Sibande PMTCT programme implementation. (September).
Background: A baseline assessment of the PMTCT programme was conducted in the Gert Sibande district of Mpumalanga province in 2008-9 to gather information on the status of PMTCT programme implementation at all Gert Sibande health facilities prior to initiating programme strengthening activities. Identified gaps in the PMTCT programme were staff shortage, lack of guidelines, stock outs, no monit...
Peltzer, K., Wabiri, N., Seager, J. & Setswe, G. (2009) Regional minimum standards for guidance on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) in the SADC region. (Commissioned by SADC Secretariat, July).
The main aim of this project was to develop regional harmonized minimum standards for policies, protocols and guidelines for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and AIDS in the Southern African Development (SADC) region. This is consistent with Article 10 of the SADC Protocol on Health, which calls for the harmonization of policies on disease prevention and control. Sever...
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Peltzer, K., Wabiri, N., Seager, J. & Setswe, G. (2009) Regional minimum standards for harmonised approaches to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) in the SADC region. (Commissioned by SADC Secretariat, August).
One of the main aims of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is regional economic and political integration. However, as the region progresses towards the achievement of this objective, it is challenged by the adverse effects of HIV and AIDS on social, political and economic development. The region leads the world in terms of HIV infections, the majority of Member States have adul...
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Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Treger, L. (2009) Use of traditional and complementary health practices in prenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the context of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child (PMTCT) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 6(2):155-162.
The aim of this study was as part of a baseline assessment in PMTCT in the traditional health sector: a) to determine the views of women who have used the services of traditional practitioners before, during and/or after pregnancy, and b) to conduct formative research with traditional health practitioners (THPs), i.e. herbalists, diviners and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) on HIV, pregnanc...
Peltzer, K., Mosala, T., Dana, P. & Fomundam, H. (2008) Follow-up survey of women who have undergone a prevention of mother-to-child transmission program in a resource-poor setting in South Africa. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 19(6):450-460.
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 w...
Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Ladzani, R., Ndabula, M., Davids, A., Dana, P., Metcalf, C. & Treger, L. (2008) Optimising the implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in Camdeboo Local Service Area (LSA) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: report on rapid baseline assessment. (July).
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Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Ladzani, R., Ndabula, M., Davids, A., Dana, P., Metcalf, C. & Treger, L. (2008) Optimising the implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in Makana Local Service Area (LSA) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: report on rapid baseline assessment. (August).
A rapid assessment of the PMTCT programme in the 21 PMTCT sites in the Makana sub-district was done. This report highlights the baseline assessment findings.
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Peltzer, K., Mosala, T., Shisana, O., Nqeketo, A. & Mngqundaniso, N. (2007) Barriers to prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child (PMTCT) in a resource poor setting in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 11(1):57-66.
The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge of PMTCT and to describe potential barriers that might affect acceptability of interventions for PMTCT in a resource poor setting in South Africa. The sample included 1534 pregnant women recruited a first antenatal care visit from 5 clinics implementing PMTCT (61%) and from 5 communities around the 5 clinics (39%). In addition, the mothers or...
Peltzer, K., Mosala, T., Dana, P., Mngqundaniso, N. & Nqeketo, A. (2006) Follow-up survey of women who have undergone PMTCT in a resource poor setting.
Peltzer, K., Mosala, T., Shisana, O., Nqeketo, A. & Mngqundaniso, N. (2006) Prevention of HIV from mother to child (PMTCT) in a resource poor setting in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: baseline survey of pregnant women.
Peltzer, K., Mosala, T., Shisana, O. & Nqeketo, A (2006) Utilization of delivery services in the context of prevention of HIV from mother-to-child (PMTCT) in a rural community, South Africa. Curationis. 29(1):54-61.
Peltzer, K., Skinner, D., Mfecane, S., Shisana, O., Nqeketo, A. & Mosala, T. (2005) Factors influencing the utilisation of prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) services by pregnant women in the eastern Cape, South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid. 10(1):26-40.
Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Peltzer, K., Ladzani, R., Mlambo, G., Davids, A., Phaweni, K., Dana, P. & Ndabula, M. (2011) Pre- and post-intervention assessment of a PMTCT-programme-strenghtening initiative in a rural area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research. 10(1):83-93.
The research assesses prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-HIV (PMTCT) services following implementation of programme-strengthening activities in a municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A pre-intervention and post-intervention design was used to conduct facility assessments and client exit interviews at baseline and after 28 months. For the facility assessments, unst...
Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Kayongo, D. (2009) Barriers to implementation of PMTCT program in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Current Politics and Economics of Africa. 1(2):161-182.
Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Peltzer, K., Ladzani, R., Davids, A., Mlambo, G., Phaweni, K., Dana, P. & Ndabula, M. (2009) Pre-post assessment of PMTCT in Kouga LSA. (Paper presented at the SAHARA Conference, Johannesburg, 30 November to 3 December).
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Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Kayongo, D. (2008) Barriers to implementation of PMTCT program in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. (Poster presentation at the 2008 World Aids Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 3-8 August).
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Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Kayongo, D. (2008) Experiences of prevention of mother to child transmission services by HIV+ mothers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD). 14(1):63-87.
This paper reports experiences of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme by Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV+) mothers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. A focus group study was carried out among a convenient sample of 109 HIV+ mothers who were on the PMTCT programme in four health facilities offering the programme. Ten focus group interviews were conducted with t...
Phaswana-Mafuya, N. (2008) Obstacles in executing preventions plans for HIV birth infections. HSRC Review. 6(3):37-38.
Good programmes to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child during birth (PMTCT programmes) exist, but what prevents the proper implementation of these programmes in the Eastern Cape? Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, a director in the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health research programme, presented a study at the Conference that shows that these obstacles are systemic, starting at provinci...
Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Kayongo, D. (2007) Experiences of PMTCT services by HIV+ mothers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. (Paper presented at the 19th IUHPE Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 10-15 June).
Phaswana-Mafuya, N. & Kayongo, D. (2007) PMTCT services in a rural district municipality of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Paper presented at the 19th IUHPE Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 10-15 June).
Phaweni, K., Peltzer, K., Mlambo, G. & Phaswana-Mafuya, N. (2010) Factors influencing pregnancy desires among HIV positive women in Gert Sibande district in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Gender and Behaviour. 8(2):2960-2975.
Fertility issues for HIV-positive women are becoming increasingly important. The study investigated the pregnancy desires of HIV positive women of Gert Sibande District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The objective of the study is to present findings on factors influencing pregnancy desires amongst HIV positive women that have participated in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV progr...
Rispel, L., Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Dana, P., Metcalf, C. & Treger, L. (2008) Optimising the implementation of the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in Kouga Local Service Area (LSA) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: final report. (The baseline assessment was funded by a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) grant received via the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, March).
The baseline assessment was done prior to the implementation of the technical support programme to optimise and strengthen the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programme at existing sites in Kouga Local Service Area (LSA) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The assessment consisted of three components: 1. formal health sector 2. traditional health sector 3. community com...
Rispel, L.C., Metcalf, C.A., Moody, K., Cloete, A. & Caswell, G. (2011) Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples: an exploratory study in South Africa and Tanzania. Reproductive Health Matters. 19(37):184-193.
This article reports on the influence of HIV on sexual relations and childbearing decisions of 36 HIV-discordant couples, 26 in South Africa and 10 in Tanzania, recruited into an exploratory study through hospital antiretroviral treatment clinics and civil society organisations working with people living with HIV. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain social and demographic infor...
Rispel, L.C., Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Metcalf, C.A. & Treger, L. (2009) Assessing missed opportunities for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in an Eastern Cape local service area. South African Medical Journal. 99(3):174-179.
Background. Prevention of new HIV infections is a critical imperative for South Africa; the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) is one of the most efficacious HIV prevention interventions. Objective. Assessment of a PMTCT programme to determine missed opportunities. Setting. The Kouga local service area (LSA), bordering Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Port Elizabeth) in the Ea...
Rotheram-Borus, M-J., Richter, L., Van Rooyen, H., Van Heerden, A., Tomlinson, M., Stein, A., Rochat, T., De Kadt, J., Mtungwa, N., Mkhize, L., Ndlovu, L., Ntombela, L., Comulada, W.S., Desmond, K.A., Greco, E. & , (2011) Project Masihambisane: a cluster randomised controlled trial with peer mentors to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers living with HIV. Trials. 12(2):Online.
Background: Pregnant women living with HIV (WLH) face daily challenges maintaining their own and their babies' health and mental health. Standard Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs are not designed to address these challenges. Methods/Design: As part of a cluster randomized controlled trial, WLH are invited to attend four antenatal and four postnatal small group se...
Setswe, G., Zuma, K., Tsoai, L., Makonko, E. & Malope, N. (2010) Report on impact evaluation of the Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) programme in South Africa. (Commissioned by Humana People to People, South Africa, March).
Humana People to People in South Africa (HPP-SA) is a section 21 non-profit company registered in 1995 in order to respond to the socio-economic needs of the underprivileged South Africans. Internationally, Humana People to People South Africa (HPP-SA) is a member of the Federation of Humana People to People found in 28 countries around the world and running over 180 projects in the areas of c...
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