The updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019)

Jeannette Wessels¹, Gayle Sherman^{2

3}, Lesley Bamford^{4

5}, Manala Makua⁶, Mathilda Ntloana⁶, James Nuttall⁷, Yogan Pillay⁶, Ameena Goga^{8

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10}, Ute Feucht^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Centre for HIV & STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Child, Youth, and School Health Chief Directorate, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁵ School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁶ Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Branch, National Department of Health, Pretoria.
⁷ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁰ HIV Prevention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹¹ Tshwane District Health Services, Gauteng Department of Health, Tshwane, South Africa.
¹² Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.

Jeannette Wessels et al. South Afr J HIV Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 8;21(1):1079.

doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1079. eCollection 2020.

Jeannette Wessels¹, Gayle Sherman^{2

3}, Lesley Bamford^{4

5}, Manala Makua⁶, Mathilda Ntloana⁶, James Nuttall⁷, Yogan Pillay⁶, Ameena Goga^{8

9

10}, Ute Feucht^{1

9

11

12}

¹ Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Centre for HIV & STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Child, Youth, and School Health Chief Directorate, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁵ School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁶ Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Branch, National Department of Health, Pretoria.
⁷ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁰ HIV Prevention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹¹ Tshwane District Health Services, Gauteng Department of Health, Tshwane, South Africa.
¹² Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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