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dc.contributor.authorTshitenge, Stephane-
dc.contributor.authorCiteya, Andre-
dc.contributor.authorGaniyu, Adewale-
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T06:58:54Z-
dc.date.available2017-05-11T06:58:54Z-
dc.date.issued2014-09-09-
dc.identifier.citationTshitenge, S., Citeya, A. & Ganiyu, A. (2014) Prevention of mother-to-child transmission in HIV audit in Xhosa clinic, Mahalapye, Botswana. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-4en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2928-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1652-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Mahalapye district health management team (DHMT) conducts regular audits to evaluate the standard of services delivered to patients, one of which is the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) programme. Xhosa clinic is one of the facilities in Mahalapye which provides a PMTCT programme. Aim: This audit aimed to identify gaps between the current PMTCT clinical practice in Xhosa clinic and the Botswana PMTCT national guidelines. Setting: This audit took place in Xhosa clinic in the urban village of Mahalapye, in the Central District of Botswana. Methods: This was a retrospective audit using PMTCT Xhosa clinic records of pregnant mothers and HIV-exposed babies seen from January 2013 to June 2013. Results: One hundred and thirty-three pregnant women registered for antenatal care. Twentyfive (19%) knew their HIV-positive status as they had been tested before their pregnancy or had tested HIV positive at their first antenatal clinic visit. More than two-thirds of the 115 pregnant women (69%) were seen at a gestational age of between 14 and 28 weeks. About two-thirds of the pregnant women (67%) took antiretroviral drugs. Of the 44 HIV-exposed infants, 39 (89%) were HIV DNA PCR negative at 6 weeks. Thirty-two (73%) children were given cotrimoxazole prophylaxis between 6 and 8 weeks. Conclusion: The PMTCT programme service delivery was still suboptimal and could potentially increase the mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Daily monitoring mechanism to track those eligible could help to close the gap.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS, http://aosis.co.za/en_US
dc.subjectPrevention of mother-to-child transmission programmeen_US
dc.subjectHIV auditen_US
dc.subjectXhosa clinicen_US
dc.subjectMahalapyeen_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.titlePrevention of mother-to-child transmission in HIV audit in Xhosa clinic, Mahalapye, Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
dc.linkhttp://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/609en_US
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