A ‘one-stop shop’ approach in antenatal care: does this improve antiretroviral treatment uptake in Zimbabwe?
Open Access
- 21 December 2013
- journal article
- Published by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Public Health Action
- Vol. 3 (4), 282-285
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0053
Abstract
SETTING: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme, Mpilo Hospital antenatal clinic, Zimbabwe. OBJECTIVE: Before and after the introduction of a one-stop shop approach and task-shifting of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to midwives in the PMTCT programme, 1) to compare ART uptake and 2) to determine socio-demographic and other characteristics associated with non-initiation of ART post integration. DESIGN: Before and after cohort study. RESULTS: A total of 285 women were eligible for ART before the introduction of the one-stop approach and 280 after. Of the 285, 163 (57%) initiated ART before integration; this increased to 244/280 (87%) after integration (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.4–1.7, P P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Integrating ART into antenatal care along with task-shifting to midwives considerably increased the uptake of ART. This provides further evidence for scaling up integration rapidly to other facilities in Zimbabwe, and is in line with the vision of a world where no child will be born with the human immunodeficiency virus by 2015.Keywords
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