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Table 3 Acceptance of PMTCT interventions among HIV-infected women

From: The feasibility of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV using peer counselors in Zimbabwe

HIV-infected mothers

Number (%)

Received test results and post-test counseled (n = 1986)

1807 (91%)

Women prescribed NVPsd (n = 1807)

1387 (77%)

Women known to have delivered at the clinics (n = 1807)

727 (40%)

Mothers who took NVPsd tablet during labor (n = 1986)

691 (35%)

Infants who received NVPsd (n = 1986)

615 (31%)

  1. Abbreviations: NVPsd, single-dose nevirapine; PMTCT, Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission; VCT, Voluntary counseling and HIV testing;