Improving prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV care and related services in eastern Rwanda

Younsook Lim; Jim Yong Kim; Michael Rich; Sara Stulac; Jean Bosco Niyonzima; Mary C Smith Fawzi; Rose Gahire; Martha Mukaminega; Marya Getchell; Curtis W Peterson; Paul E Farmer; Agnès Binagwaho

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000302

Improving prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV care and related services in eastern Rwanda

PLoS Med. 2010 Jul 20;7(7):e1000302. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000302.

Authors

Younsook Lim¹, Jim Yong Kim, Michael Rich, Sara Stulac, Jean Bosco Niyonzima, Mary C Smith Fawzi, Rose Gahire, Martha Mukaminega, Marya Getchell, Curtis W Peterson, Paul E Farmer, Agnès Binagwaho

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America. Younsook.Lim@dartmouth.edu

Abstract

Younsook Lim and colleagues describe the Rwanda Learning Collaborative on Child Health, which aimed to improve and extend the impact of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / prevention & control
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / transmission
Child
Child Health Services / organization & administration
Child Health Services / standards*
Child Health Services / supply & distribution
Child, Preschool
Cooperative Behavior
Female
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / prevention & control*
HIV Infections / transmission*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Pregnancy
Rwanda / epidemiology
World Health Organization