How to implement the framework for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas (EMTCT Plus) in a disperse rural population from the Gran Chaco region: A tailor-made program focused on pregnant women

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 May 28;14(5):e0008078. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008078. eCollection 2020 May.
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Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chagas Disease / epidemiology
  • Chagas Disease / prevention & control*
  • Chagas Disease / transmission
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Hepatitis B / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B / prevention & control
  • Hepatitis B / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Paraguay
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Syphilis / epidemiology
  • Syphilis / prevention & control*
  • Syphilis / transmission
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

The program is funded by Fundación Mundo Sano and Asociación para Desarrollo Sanitario Regional (ADESAR), both of which played a role in the program design and implementation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.