Cohort profile: the Hlabisa pregnancy cohort, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 6; no. 10; p. e012088
• Main Authors: Chetty, Terusha, Thorne, Claire, Tanser, Frank, Bärnighausen, Till, Coutsoudis, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.10.2016; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral drugs; Breastfeeding & lactation; Clinics; Cohort Studies; Consent; Data collection; Disease transmission; Drug therapy; Female; Guideline Adherence; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV/AIDS; Households; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control; Medical tests; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Population; Postpartum Period; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control; Rural Population; South Africa - epidemiology; Surveillance; Womens health; South Africa; antiretroviral therapy; pregnancy cohort

PurposeThe Hlabisa pregnancy cohort was established to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) guideline revisions. The objectives of the Hlabisa pregnancy cohort are to: (1) provide cohort-level information on maternal health up to 6 weeks postpartum in a hi...