Original Article
Why are Children Still Being Infected with HIV? Impact of an Integrated Public Health and Clinical Practice Intervention on Mother???to???Child HIV Transmission in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007???2012
Author(s):
Ezeanolue EE*, Pharr JR, Hunt A, Patel D and Jackson D
Background: During a 9 months period, September 2005 through June 2006, Nevada documented six cases of pediatric HIV acquired through motherâÂÂtoâÂÂchild transmission. Subsequently, a communityâÂÂbased approach to the care of women and children living with or exposed to HIV was implemented. Subjects and Methods: A detailed review of motherâÂÂinfant pairs where HIV transmission occurred was performed to identify missed opportunities for prevention of motherâÂÂtoâÂÂchild HIV transmission. An intervention program was developed and implemented using the sixâÂÂstep process. Data were collected prospectively over a 6 years period (2007–2012) and were evaluated for six core outcomes measures: (1) adequacy of prenatal care (2) HIV diag.. Read More»
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