Moving towards elimination: findings from the South Africa prevention of mother to child transmission evaluation (SAPMTCTE)

Louise Kuhn^{1

2}, Ameena E Goga^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. lk24@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. lk24@cumc.columbia.edu.
³ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

Editorial

Louise Kuhn et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 16;19(Suppl 1):782.

doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4334-3.

Louise Kuhn^{1

2}, Ameena E Goga^{3

4}

¹ Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. lk24@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. lk24@cumc.columbia.edu.
³ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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