SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, Volume: 105, Issue: 9, Pages: 765-768, Published: SEP 2015
بيانات النشر:
Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015.
سنة النشر:
2015
الوصف:
BACKGROUND: South Africa (SA) is likely to meet the National Strategic Plan target of 50%, with differences ranging from 51% to 59% and 81% to 89% for low and high seroreversion rates, respectively CONCLUSIONS: Nine-month testing using HRT would increase identification and early treatment of HIV-infected infants, improve monitoring of postnatal transmission rates, and reduce the number of HIV PCR tests done with resultant cost saving. Training of healthcare workers implementing HRT would be required. Ongoing efforts to improve implementation and monitoring of testing at 9 and 18 months will be essential
