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The infant-feeding practices of mothers enrolled in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme at a primary health care clinic in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 51 , issue 4 , 2009 , pages: 337–339

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873875

Author(s): IS Ukpe Department of Family Medicine, South Africa , J Blitz Department of Family Medicine, South Africa , J Hugo Department of Family Medicine, South Africa , M Theledi White River Clinic, South Africa

Keywords: PMTCT of HIV , infant-feeding practices , Mpumalanga province , South Africa

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Abstract

Purpose: To determine whether mothers attending a primary health care (PHC) clinic in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa for post-delivery prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) follow-up care were adhering to the recommendation of exclusive infant-feeding practices, and to identify possible areas for improvement of the PMTCT of HIV services at the clinic.

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