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Traditional Birth Attendants in Developing Countries Cannot Be Expected to Carry Out HIV/Aids Prevention and Treatment Activities

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ID3972443
AuthorsMarge Berer (0000-0001-6139-497X), Rahimah Hamdan (0000-0002-6152-273X), Shaiful Bahri Md Radzi
Year2003
Volume11
Issue22
Pages36-39
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s0968-8080(03)02286-9
OpenAlexW14708396
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited5

Pregnancy and birth, fertility and fertility regulation are all greatly affected by the exigencies of HIV and AIDS, and vice versa. Women and infants can only benefit if the respective policymakers, researchers and service providers in sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, particularly those involved in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, gain greater knowledge of each others' expertise and seek to integrate the best of both into the care they each offer. The growth in access to antiretroviral treatment for mothers as well as infants, including during pregnancy and the breastfeeding period, makes such efforts even more timely and crucial. Yet there are worrying signs that specialists in both camps are making inappropriate policy and service delivery recommendations based on too little knowledge of each others' patches. As an example of this problem, this article discusses and rejects a recommendation in a recent BMJ article that traditional birth attendants could be trained to carry out HIV prevention and possibly provide HIV tests and drugs for prevention of HIV transmission during home deliveries in developing countries

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,21
Citation span2007 - 2010 (4)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4
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