Progress towards Elimination of HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission in the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2011

• Main Authors: Osvaldo Lorenzo (Author), Consuelo M. Beck-Sagué (Author), Claudia Bautista-Soriano (Author), Mina Halpern (Author), José Roman-Poueriet (Author), Nora Henderson (Author), Eddy Perez-Then (Author), Rosa Abreu-Perez (Author), Solange Soto (Author), Luis Martínez (Author), Sarah Rives-Gray (Author), Bienvenido Veras (Author), Maureen Connolly (Author), Greer Brittany Callender (Author), Stephen W. Nicholas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In 1999, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (pMTCT) using antiretrovirals was introduced in the Dominican Republic (DR). Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was introduced for immunosuppressed persons in 2004 and for pMTCT in 2008. To assess progress towards MTCT elimination, data f...