(Download) "Antenatal HIV Screening: A Midwife's Perspective (Essay)" by HIV Nursing # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Antenatal HIV Screening: A Midwife's Perspective (Essay)
- Author : HIV Nursing
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
Description
Since the routine offer and recommendation of the HIV test in pregnancy, a policy that was implemented in almost all English maternity units by the end of 2001 and throughout the UK by 2003, more than 95% of HIV-infected women are now diagnosed by the time of delivery. This has been a huge success story resulting in a decrease in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates from approximately 20% in 1997 to 3% in 2005 [1]. As the HIV Specialist Midwife at Homerton Hospital, Hackney where we care for approximately 40-50 culturally diverse, HIV-positive pregnant women per annum, I wanted to take a look back and see how far we have come with antenatal HIV screening in the UK. I also ask what lessons can be learned, what can be improved, and suggest some implications for the future of HIV screening more generally.
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