Guidelines for Assessing the Utility of Data from Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programmes for HIV Sentinel Surveillance Among Pregnant Women
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Guidelines for Assessing the Utility of Data from Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programmes for HIV Sentinel Surveillance Among Pregnant Women
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Background: Global surveillance of HIV and sexually transmitted infections is a joint effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Purpose of the guidance document: This document provides guidance to countries for assessing the utility of data from programmes for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) among pregnant women. The objectives of these guidelines are as follows:
Describe the context and rationale for transitioning from traditional HSS based on unlinked anonymous testing (UAT) in antenatal clinics (ANCs) to a system of HSS based on routine PMTCT programme data.
Describe robust methods for assessing the quality of PMTCT programme data for use in HSS.
Describe general standards for evaluating the readiness of PMTCT programme data to serve as the basis for HSS among pregnant women.
This guidance document is written for national HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) programme managers, surveillance officers and epidemiologists responsible for monitoring HIV trends in low- and middle-income countries.
Copyright © World Health Organization 2013.
Sections
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Purpose of the guidance document
- 2. Background
- 3. Overview of assessing the utility of PMTCT programme data for surveillance
- 4. Assessment activity A: Routine ANC HSS with PMTCT HIV testing variables added to the ANC HSS data collection form
- 5. Assessment activity B: Data quality assessment of PMTCT programme data and recording pratices at ANC HSS sites
- 6. Assessment activity C: Quality assurance assessment of PMTCT HIV testing at ANC HSS sites
- 7. Other issues when considering PMTCT-based HSS
- 8. Ethical considerations for implementing a PMTCT surveillance assessment
- 9. Next steps
- Appendix A Summary of published findings of studies assessing the utility of PMTCT data for surveillance
- Appendix B Sample ANC HSS data collection form with additional PMTCT HIV testing variables
- Appendix C Statistical appendix
- Appendix D Quality assessment of PMTCT data: sample site assessment tool
- Appendix E Sample quality assurance checklist for PMTCT HIV testing
- References
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