Zambian women's attitudes toward mass nevirapine therapy to prevent perinatal transmission of HIV.
Use of mass nevirapine therapy--universal provision of the drug without HIV testing--for prevention of perinatal HIV in high prevalence settings with extreme resource constraints is a controversial strategy. A quarter of pregnant Zambian women surveyed would prefer to receive nevirapine through a non-testing mass strategy, and most would support mass therapy as a policy if it would make the drug available to a larger proportion of the at-risk population.
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Stout
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D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019829:Nevirapine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015024:Zambia
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D019829:Nevirapine