Baseline characteristics of study sites and women enrolled in a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial: PMTCT uptake and retention (pure) Malawi

• Main Authors: Monique van Lettow (Author), Hannock Tweya (Author), Nora E. Rosenberg (Author), Clement Trapence (Author), Virginia Kayoyo (Author), Florence Kasende (Author), Blessings Kaunda (Author), Mina C. Hosseinipour (Author), Michael Eliya (Author), Fabian Cataldo (Author), Salem Gugsa (Author), Sam Phiri (Author), for the PURE Malawi consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Malawi introduced an ambitious public health program known as "Option B+" which provides all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women with lifelong combination antiretroviral therapy, regardless of WHO clinical stage or CD4 cell count. The PMTCT Uptake and REtentio...