Open AccessImplementation and Operational Research
Author(s) -
Benjamin Hanpin,
Pius Tih,
Arianna Zanolini,
Kathryn Stinson,
Didier Koumavi Ekouévi,
David Coetzee,
Thomas K. Welty,
Maximillian Bweupe,
Nathan Shaffer,
François Dabis,
Elizabeth M. Stringer,
Jeffrey S. A. Stringer
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000718
Subject(s) - medicine , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval , transmission (telecommunications) , developing country , environmental health , pregnancy , family medicine , pediatrics , biology , economic growth , electrical engineering , economics , genetics , engineering
Given the ambitious targets to reduce pediatric AIDS worldwide, ongoing assessment of programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) is critical. The concept of a "PMTCT cascade" has been used widely to identify bottlenecks in program implementation; however, most efforts to reconstruct the cascade have relied on facility-based approaches that may limit external validity.