Successful Introduction of Routine Opt-Out HIV Testing

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Title:	Successful Introduction of Routine Opt-Out HIV Testing
Authors:	Creek, T.L. Ntumy, R. Seipone, K. Smith, M. Mogodi, M. Smit, M. Legwaila, K. Molokwane, I. Tebele, G. Mazhani, L. Shaffer, N. Kilmarx, P.H.
Keywords:	Africa antenatal care Botswana HIV testing prevention of mother-to-child transmission routine HIV testing
Issue Date:	2007
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. http://journals.lww.com/jaids/pages/default.aspx
Citation:	Creek T.L. et al (2007) Successful Introduction of Routine Opt-Out HIV Testing in Antenatal Care in Botswana, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 102-107
Abstract:	Botswana has high HIV prevalence among pregnant women (37.4% in 2003) and provides free services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Nearly all pregnant women (.95%) have antenatal care (ANC) and deliver in hospital. Uptake of antenatal HIV testing was low from 1999 through 2003. In 2004, Botswana’s President declared that HIV testing should be ‘‘routine but not compulsory’’ in medical settings.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10311/330
ISSN:	1077-9450
Appears in Collections:	Research articles (School of Medicine)

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