First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa

Ameena E Goga; Thu-Ha Dinh; Debra J Jackson; Carl Lombard; Kevin P Delaney; Adrian Puren; Gayle Sherman; Selamawit Woldesenbet; Vundli Ramokolo; Siobhan Crowley; Tanya Doherty; Mickey Chopra; Nathan Shaffer; Yogan Pillay

doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204535

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First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa

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Ameena E Goga Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thu-Ha Dinh Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Debra J Jackson School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa UNICEF New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carl Lombard Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin P Delaney Division of HIV/AID Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adrian Puren Division of National Health Laboratory Services, National institute of Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gayle Sherman Division of National Health Laboratory Services, National institute of Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Selamawit Woldesenbet Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vundli Ramokolo Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Siobhan Crowley Affiliated with UNICEF South Africa at the time of the study. Currently affiliated to Elma Philanthropies, New York USA, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tanya Doherty Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mickey Chopra UNICEF New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nathan Shaffer World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yogan Pillay National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Prof Ameena Ebrahim Goga, Francie van Zyl Drive, Parrowvallei, Cape Town 7505, South Africa; Ameena.Goga{at}mrc.ac.za

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Goga AE, Dinh T, Jackson DJ for the South Africa PMTCT Evaluation (SAPMCTE) Team, et al

First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa

J Epidemiol Community Health 2015;69:240-248.

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Received June 15, 2014
Revised September 4, 2014
Accepted October 13, 2014
First published November 4, 2014.

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April 27, 2016

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