Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Uganda: Modelling effectiveness and impact of scaling-up PMTCT services

• Main Authors: Elin C. Larsson (Author), Anna Mia Ekström (Author), George Pariyo (Author), Göran Tomson (Author), Mohammad Sarowar (Author), Rose Baluka (Author), Edward Galiwango (Author), Anna Ekéus Thorson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The reported coverage of any antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) has increased in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, but was still only 60% in 2010. However, the coverage estimate is subject to overestimations since it only considers e...