Table 5.
Area of intervention | Domain of intervention | Key bottlenecks | Causes |
Demand factors | Access to early infant diagnosis | Limited sites provide these services | Initiation of ART only done at hospitals despite that PHCs having medical officers onsite who can be trained |
Poverty for population who are affected by HIV | Limited uptake of services | High cost of transportation and living conditions to travel to early infant diagnosis collection sites and ART clinics | |
Stigma and discrimination | Cultural and religious beliefs | Some hospitals refer HIV-infected pregnant women even for normal delivery because of HIV status |