Open AccessSocio-economic and demographic factors associated with prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author(s) -
Gernard Msamanga,
Wafaie W. Fawzi,
Ellen Hertzmark,
Nuala McGrath,
Saidi Kapiga,
C. Kagoma,
Donna Spiegelman,
David J. Hunter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v83i6.9438
Subject(s) - medicine , tanzania , socioeconomic status , psychological intervention , demography , public health , developing country , nevirapine , transmission (telecommunications) , confidence interval , pregnancy , dar es salaam , cross sectional study , population , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , electrical engineering , economics , psychiatry , economic growth , environmental planning , pathology , sociology , engineering , biology , genetics , nursing , environmental science
HIV/AIDS epidemic has become generalised in low resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa where 90% of all maternal-foetal transmission of HIV infection occurs. Global effort to scale-up pMTCT is underway, however, mechanisms to maximise screening of HIV- 1 positive women for Nevirapine treatment and other interventions, are not clear.