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Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) Program Data in India: An Emerging Data Set for Appraising the HIV Epidemic

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  • Sema K Sgaier
  • Radhay S Gupta
  • Raghuram Rao
  • Ajay Gaikwad
  • Sonali Harangule
  • Suvidha Dhamne
  • Sateesh Gowda
  • Sylvia Jayakumar
  • Banadakoppa M Ramesh

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Background: Evidence based resource allocation and decentralized planning of an effective HIV/AIDS response requires reliable information on levels and trends of HIV at national and sub-national geographic levels. HIV sentinel surveillance data from antenatal clinics (HSS-ANC) has been an important data source to assess the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India, but has a number of limitations. We assess the value of Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) programme data to appraise the HIV epidemic in India. Methods/Findings: HIV data from PPTCT sites were compared to HSS-ANC and general population level surveys at various geographic levels in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Chi-square tests were used to ascertain statistical significance. PPTCT HIV prevalence was significantly lower than HSS-ANC HIV prevalence (0.92% vs. 1.22% in Andhra Pradesh, 0.65% vs. 0.89% in Karnataka, 0.52% vs. 0.60% in Maharashtra, p

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  • Sema K Sgaier & Radhay S Gupta & Raghuram Rao & Ajay Gaikwad & Sonali Harangule & Suvidha Dhamne & Sateesh Gowda & Sylvia Jayakumar & Banadakoppa M Ramesh, 2012. "Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) Program Data in India: An Emerging Data Set for Appraising the HIV Epidemic," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(11), pages 1-8, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0048827
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048827
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