Zambian women's attitudes toward mass nevirapine therapy to prevent perinatal transmission of HIV

Lancet. 2001 Nov 10;358(9293):1611-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06662-4.

Abstract

Use of mass nevirapine therapy--universal provision of the drug without HIV testing--for prevention of perinatal HIV in high prevalence settings with extreme resource constraints is a controversial strategy. A quarter of pregnant Zambian women surveyed would prefer to receive nevirapine through a non-testing mass strategy, and most would support mass therapy as a policy if it would make the drug available to a larger proportion of the at-risk population.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Nevirapine / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Zambia

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Nevirapine