Table 2.
Child PMTCT results
| Variable (n, %) | |
| Infant birth outcomes | Total (n=265) |
| Live births | 248 (93.6) |
| Stillbirths/miscarriages/in utero deaths | 6 (2.3) |
| Mothers lost to follow-up before/at birth | 11 (4.2) |
| Infant PMTCT outcomes | Total (n=248) |
| Infant prophylaxis* | |
| NVP prophylaxis | 211 (87.2) |
| NVP+AZT prophylaxis | 31 (12.8) |
| Feeding method at 6 weeks* | |
| Exclusively breast feeding | 82 (34.9) |
| Mixed feeding | 13 (5.5) |
| Formula feeding | 140 (59.6) |
| Infant testing | |
| 6–10 weeks post partum | |
| Positive | 0 (0) |
| Negative | 239 (96.4) |
| No test reported | 9 (3.6) |
| 9 months post partum | |
| Positive | 0 (0) |
| Negative | 194 (78.2) |
| Equivocal, repeat test negative | 1 (0.4) |
| No test reported | 53 (21.4) |
| HIV positive | |
| Yes | 2 (0.8)† |
*Percentages are calculated out of available data for live births in follow-up. Missing data: infant prophylaxis n=6; feeding method n=13.
†One infant born to newly diagnosed HIV-positive mother.
AZT, zidovudine; NVP, nevirapine.