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dc.contributor.authorRujumba, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorTumwine, James K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTylleskär, Thorkilden_US
dc.contributor.authorNeema, Stellaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHeggenhougen, Harald K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-18T10:55:11Z
dc.date.available2013-01-18T10:55:11Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-05eng
dc.PublishedBMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:3eng
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/6276
dc.description.abstractBackground: The implementation and utilization of programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in most low income countries has been described as sub-optimal. As planners and service providers, the views of health workers are important in generating priorities to improve the effectiveness of the PMTCT programme in Uganda. We explored the lessons learnt by health workers involved in the provision of PMTCT services in eastern Uganda to better understand what more needs to be done to strengthen the PMTCT programme. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) Mbale and at eight neighbouring health centres in eastern Uganda, between January and May 2010. Data were collected through 24 individual interviews with the health workers involved in the PMTCT programme and four key informants (2 district officials and 2 officials from TASO). Data were analyzed using the content thematic approach. Study themes and sub-themes were identified following multiple reading of interview transcripts. Relevant quotations have been used in the presentation of study findings. Results: The key lessons for programme improvement were: ensuring constant availability of critical PMTCT supplies, such as HIV testing kits, antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for mothers and their babies, regular in-service training of health workers to keep them abreast with the rapidly changing knowledge and guidelines for PMTCT, ensuring that lower level health centres provide maternity services and ARVs for women in the PMTCT programme and provision of adequate facilities for effective follow-up and support for mothers. Conclusions: The voices of health workers in this study revealed that it is imperative for government, civil society organizations and donors that the PMTCT programme addresses the challenges of shortage of critical PMTCT supplies, continuous health worker training and follow-up and support for mothers as urgent needs to strengthen the PMTCT programme.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/6277" target="blank">The Social Context of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Uganda</a>eng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0eng
dc.titleListening to health workers: lessons from Eastern Uganda for strengthening the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 Rujumba et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-3
dc.identifier.cristin932830


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