Challenges with routine data sources for PMTCT programme monitoring in East Africa: insights from Tanzania

• Main Authors: Annabelle Gourlay (Author), Alison Wringe (Author), Jim Todd (Author), Denna Michael (Author), Georges Reniers (Author), Mark Urassa (Author), Prosper Njau (Author), Deborah Kajoka (Author), Levina Lema (Author), Basia Zaba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Routinely collected clinic data have the potential to provide much needed information on the uptake of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, and to measure HIV prevalence in pregnant women. This article describes the methodological challenges associated with using such dat...