The potential of task-shifting in scaling up services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a time and motion study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Main Authors: Helga Naburi (Author), Anna Mia Ekström (Author), Phares Mujinja (Author), Charles Kilewo (Author), Karim Manji (Author), Gunnel Biberfeld (Author), David Sando (Author), Guerino Chalamila (Author), Till Bärnighausen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In many African countries, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services are predominantly delivered by nurses. Although task-shifting is not yet well established, community health workers (CHWs) are often informally used as part of PMTCT delivery. According...