TY - JOUR
T1 - Vulnerability of women in an African setting
T2 - Lessons for mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention programmes
AU - Gaillard, Philippe
AU - Melis, Reinhilde
AU - Mwanyumba, Fabian
AU - Claeys, Patricia
AU - Muigai, Esther
AU - Mandaliya, Kishorchandra
AU - Bwayo, Job
AU - Temmerman, Marleen
PY - 2002/4/12
Y1 - 2002/4/12
N2 - After discussing advantages and risks, only a third of the 290 HIV-infected women included in an intervention study to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Mombasa, Kenya, informed their partners of their results. Despite careful counselling, 10% subsequently experienced violence or disruption of their relationship. To increase the uptake of interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission safely, we recommend the involvement of partners in HIV testing. In addition, the counselling of women has to address methods and skills to deal with violence.
AB - After discussing advantages and risks, only a third of the 290 HIV-infected women included in an intervention study to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Mombasa, Kenya, informed their partners of their results. Despite careful counselling, 10% subsequently experienced violence or disruption of their relationship. To increase the uptake of interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission safely, we recommend the involvement of partners in HIV testing. In addition, the counselling of women has to address methods and skills to deal with violence.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037066366&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00002030-200204120-00019
DO - 10.1097/00002030-200204120-00019
M3 - Article
C2 - 11919501
AN - SCOPUS:0037066366
SN - 0269-9370
VL - 16
SP - 937
EP - 939
JO - AIDS
JF - AIDS
IS - 6
ER -
