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Effectiveness of the first district-wide programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the field efficacy of the first routine programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) initiated in South Africa, in the subdistrict of Khayelitsha. METHODS: A consecutive sample of 658 mothe...

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Main Authors:	David Coetzee (Author), Katherine Hilderbrand (Author), Andrew Boulle (Author), Beverley Draper (Author), Fareed Abdullah (Author), Eric Goemaere (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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