Is elimination of vertical transmission of HIV in high prevalence settings achievable?
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Goga, Ameena Ebrahim
Singh, Yagespari
Jackson, Debra
Pillay, Yogan
Bhardwaj, Sanjana
Chirinda, Witness
Hayashi, Chika
Essajee, Shaffiq
Idele, Priscilla
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BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
Ameena Goga and colleagues argue that more realistic targets are needed to maintain
momentum on reducing vertical transmission in countries with a high HIV prevalence.
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Elimination, Vaccination, Eradication, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Vertical transmission, United nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
SDG-05: Gender equality
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
SDG-05: Gender equality
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
Citation
Goga, A., Singh, Y., Jackson, D. et al. Is elimination of vertical transmission of HIV in high prevalence settings achievable? BMJ 2019;364:l687
http://dx.DOI.org/10.1136/bmj.l687.