Conjugate vaccines for preventing Haemophilus influenzae type B infections.

Background: Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) is an important cause of meningitis and pneumonia in children. Vaccine cost is a significant barrier to use in low income countries.

Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission into antenatal care: learning from the experiences of women in South Africa.

In 1999, for the first time in South Africa, a Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (MTCT) prevention programme was implemented at the routine primary care level and not as part of a research protocol. A total of 264 women attending prenatal care in these clinics were interviewed in Xhosa using a standardized questionnaire. All had been offered HIV testing, and 95% had accepted.

Conjugate vaccines for preventing Haemophilus influenzae type b infections.

Background: Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) is an important cause of meningitis and pneumonia in children, causing an estimated three million cases of serious disease and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually worldwide. The introduction of H.

Doctors' attitudes to the care of children with HIV in South Africa.

A descriptive survey was conducted on the attitudes of medical staff to caring for HIV-infected children, in three teaching hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa. The study was designed to determine whether the knowledge of a patient's HIV-positive status affects the doctor's attitude and management, to determine doctors' perceived competence with regard to the management of paediatric AIDS and to identify their major concerns in the management of paediatric patients with HIV infection. The response rate was 86%, including 89% of consultants, 81% of registrars and 87% of medical officers employed at the hospitals during the period July/August 1996.