Protocol for the evaluation of the population-level impact of Zimbabwe's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program option B+: a community based serial cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Aybuke Koyuncu (Author), Mi-Suk Kang Dufour (Author), Sandra Irene McCoy (Author), Sergio Bautista-Arredondo (Author), Raluca Buzdugan (Author), Constancia Watadzaushe (Author), Jeffrey Dirawo (Author), Angela Mushavi (Author), Agnes Mahomva (Author), Frances Cowan (Author), Nancy Padian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background WHO recommends that HIV infected women receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) minimally during pregnancy and breastfeeding ("Option B"), or ideally throughout their lives regardless of clinical stage ("Option B+") (Coovadia et al., Lancet 379:221-228, 2012). Alt...